The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War about the stratagem that allowed the Greeks finally to enter the city of Troy and end the conflict. In the canonical version, after a fruitless 10-year siege, the Greeks constructed a huge wooden horse, and hid a select force of men inside. The Greeks pretended to sail away, and the Trojans pulled the horse into their city as a victory trophy. That night the Greek force crept out of the horse and opened the gates for the rest of the Greek army, which had sailed back under cover of night. The Greeks entered and destroyed the city of Troy, decisively ending the war.
The main ancient source for the story is the Aeneid of Virgil, a Latin epic poem from the time of Augustus. The event does not occur in Homer's Iliad, which ends before the fall of the city, but is referred to in the Odyssey. In the Greek tradition, the horse is called the "Wooden Horse" (Δούρειος Ἵππος, Doúreios Híppos, in the Homeric Ionic dialect).
Metaphorically a "Trojan Horse" has come to mean any trick or stratagem that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or space. It is also associated with "malware" computer programs presented as useful or harmless to induce the user to install and run them.
Stephen L. Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American bodybuilder and actor. At the peak of his career, he was the highest-paid actor in Europe.
Born in Glasgow, Montana, Steve Reeves moved to California at age 10 with his mother Goldie Reeves, after his father Lester Dell Reeves died in a farming accident. Reeves developed an interest in bodybuilding in high school and trained at Ed Yarick's gym in Oakland. By the time he was 17, he had developed a Herculean physique, long before the general interest in bodybuilding. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army during World War II, and served in the Pacific.
After his military service, Reeves invested in an acting career. In 1954 he had a small role in his first major motion picture, the musical Athena playing the boyfriend of Jane Powell's character. The same year Reeves had a small role as a cop in the Ed Wood film Jail Bait. These two films are the only ones Reeves made where his own voice was used — for the remainder of his career, Reeves acted in Italian-made films where all dialogue and sound effects were added in post-production.
The Chaser are an Australian satirical comedian group, known for their television programmes on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation channel. The group take their name from their production of satirical newspaper, a publication known to challenge conventions of taste. The group's motto is "Striving for Mediocrity in a World of Excellence".
The Chaser's earliest foundations were Charles Firth, Dominic Knight, and Chas Licciardello who went to Sydney Grammar School together and produced a small satirical school magazine entitled The Tiger. Later on, Firth and Knight met Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow at the University of Sydney. Firth, Knight, Reucassel, Morrow, Licciardello, and later Chaser members Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen all went to the University of Sydney. Firth, Knight, Reucassel and Morrow began writing for the University of Sydney student newspaper entitled Honi Soit. In 1999 the four members began The Chaser and their first newspaper project entitled The Chaser. The Chaser members are:
You used to take your watch off before we made love
You didn't want to share our time with anyone
You used to close your eyes when we kissed goodbye
You didn't want to see me draped in sadness
And now there's nothing here, now there's nothing here at all
In the loft conversion off New North Road
And now there's nothing here, now there's nothing here at all
You were here, I was here, there was something real here
I know there was
You know I still adore you
But in a different kind of way
You know I still adore you
But things have gotten vain
Baby, I don't ask for much
But things have gone [Incomprehensible], oh
You know I still adore you
But things have kinda changed
To think I laughed at you for how you saw the world
For all that empty space inside your heart
I have to cling to things now, the boys and cigarettes
Forever trying to find you on the lips of someone else
You know I still adore you
But in a different kind of way
You know I still adore you
But things have gotten vain
Baby, I don't ask for much
But things have gone [Incomprehensible], oh
You know I still adore you
But things have kinda changed
Just take me back to the start
When our earthquake
It was just cracks
You must ask yourself every day
As in Homer's Iliad
causing Paris' spleen
The fall of mighty Troy
caused by ingenious scheme
Approaching people applying
a similar strategy
The notorious Trojan Horse
must have inspired Thee
Thy performances,
worth a theatre play
A life based on intrigue,
so it is day by day
A friend like Thee
prefer a worst foe
Here and now this ends,
this I do avow
Sein ist das Haus des Schmerzes
Sein ist das Haus des Hasses
Wilkommen im Haus des Schmerzes
Wilkommen im Haus des Hasses
For even the lonely jackal must drink
But by thirst Thou shall pine away
Even the vampire seeks shelter
But eventually burns
by the light of day
Loyalty, comradery, sincerity
Words non existing in Thy book
Your Trojan Horse shall burn
Regardless how thick its wood
A friend like Thee
prefer a worst foe
Here and now this ends,
this I do avow
A friend like Thee
prefer a worst foe
Here and now this ends,
You came in through the door - like the Trojan Horse
you came onto the floor - like the Trojan Horse
You looked around and saw me, but your eyes remained
the same.
But soon you would show more - like the Trojan Horse
La, la, la...
Come on, now,
one - two - three, you're gonna dance with me
one - two - three - four - five,
you say I'll be your wife
you move a little fast, now wait a little while
if you want to last, you show a little style.
The gates are not yet opened, so the horse cannot come
When you tell a happy story,
the beginning you begin.
Come on, now,
one - two - three, you're gonna dance with me
one - two - three - four - five, you say I'll be your
wife.
You got to take your time - like the Trojan Horse.
Don't know what's on your mind - like the Trojan Horse.
You came, you saw, you conquered, but you move a little
fast.
You made your plan just fine - like the Trojan Horse.
La, la, la ...
Come on, now,
one - two - three, you're gonna dance with me
one - two - three - four - five,
you say I'll be your wife
you move a little fast, now wait a little while
if you want to last, you show a little style.
The gates are not yet opened, so the horse cannot come
When you tell a happy story,
the beginning you begin.
Come on, now,
one - two - three, you're gonna dance with me
one - two - three - four - five,
you say I'll be your wife.
Come on, now,
one - two - three, you're gonna dance with me
one - two - three - four - five,
you say I'll be your wife
you move a little fast, now wait a little while
IN THIS BELLY AFTER DARK
I SWEAR THAT I CAN SEE YOU AS YOU ARE
WHEN I SAID YOU LEFT YOUR MARK
I NEVER SAW IT TURN INTO A SCAR
BUT I'VE WORN IT WELL SO FAR
AND THAT'S ALL YOU NEED YEAH
I RIDE
BEHIND YOU IN THIS TROJAN HORSE
YOU'D DIE
TO THINK I'M INSIDE IT OF COURSE
I CAN RUN BUT IT'S TOO EASY TO HIDE
LIKE A TROJAN I'M IN
LIKE A TROJAN I'M OUT
LIKE A LIGHT
THROUGH THIS WALL I FIND YOUR VOICE
THE BUMPER STICKER WISDOM GOES AROUND
I'M A CHILD, NOT A CHOICE
SO THAT'S THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE SOUND
OF A THINKER SO PROFOUND
'CAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU NEED YEAH
I RIDE
BEHIND YOU IN THIS TROJAN HORSE
YOU'D DIE
TO THINK I'M INSIDE IT OF COURSE
I CAN RUN BUT IT'S TOO EASY TO HIDE
LIKE A TROJAN I'M IN
LIKE A TROJAN I'M OUT
YEAH RIGHT
YOU CAN LEAD ME TO THE WATER
YOU CAN STOP ME AT THE SOURCE
I CAN SCREAM AT YOU WITH ALL MY LIFE
BUT ALL I EVER GET IS HOARSE