Trojan

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The Oscar winner will play Helen, whose beauty famously "launched a thousand ships" and resulted in the Trojan war, according to Homer's ancient Greek legend.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

You’re letting the Trojan horse into the house.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The big screen adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic poem stars Matt Damon, as the hero Odysseus, King of Ithaca, who is heading home from the Trojan War to rescue his wife and son.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

This process is often described as a so called Trojan horse effect.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

These were men created from ants on the island of Aegina, in the reign of Aeacus, Achilles’ grandfather, and they were Achilles’ followers in the Trojan War.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton