Oh, the Greeks here are so much smarter than in the usual telling of "leave the horse, trust the Trojans will take it as a gift" --- they plant a [very very brave] guy to set a trap that works *because* the Trojans already think Ulysses and the rest of them are a bunch of impious treacherous cowardly bastards. Was this already in the Odyssey, is it a later/parallel addition, or is Virgil trying to make the Trojans look less gullible?
precisely! much more clever than "uhhhh if we leave the horse maybe they'll take it." and the odyssey only mentions the concept of the horse itself, not the details of the plan; as far as i know, this story originates with vergil. but don't cite me.
Oh, the Greeks here are so much smarter than in the usual telling of "leave the horse, trust the Trojans will take it as a gift" --- they plant a [very very brave] guy to set a trap that works *because* the Trojans already think Ulysses and the rest of them are a bunch of impious treacherous cowardly bastards. Was this already in the Odyssey, is it a later/parallel addition, or is Virgil trying to make the Trojans look less gullible?
precisely! much more clever than "uhhhh if we leave the horse maybe they'll take it." and the odyssey only mentions the concept of the horse itself, not the details of the plan; as far as i know, this story originates with vergil. but don't cite me.