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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.
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 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