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

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

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

Adapted from Homer's ancient Greek poem, The Odyssey will star Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya, and Nolan played a key section of the film featuring the Trojan Horse at CinemaCon.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“Open models are Trojan horses for the infrastructure they bring with them,” including chips, software and applications, Misha Laskin, Reflection’s chief executive, said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Once the all-purpose solution, Washington was now the still-potent problem, a kind of Trojan horse planted squarely in the Virginia fortress.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis