Idiom play an important role in the modern language, because they allow to convey the meaning of a proposal more vivid metaphorical language.For example, many have heard the phrase as a trojan horse.Meaning phraseologism clearly not for everyone, since the origins of its meaning are still in the myth.
historical roots of modern language
As you know, most of aphorisms has historical roots.Something to do with mythology, something with history, but in any case, to know their roots and the roots of their language is a must.This allows you to see the modern language through the past, due to what is its enrichment.Thus, the term "Trojan Horse" came to us from another era of the Trojan War.
Troy: causes strife between the Trojans and the Greeks
history Trojan horse full of mysteries, and to understand it, you need to talk a little bit about the city of Troy.Folk legend says that a future war broke out for the city of Paris and Menelaus conflict because of the beautiful Helen, who was the wife of the latter.According to legend, Paris seduced her, and she decided to sail with him.Such an act regarded as the kidnapping of Menelaus, and decided that this is a sufficient reason for declaring war.However, Troy was a well-fortified and secure, so seize the city the Greeks for a long time without success.They, however, were limited by the fact that devastated the neighborhood and have made trips to nearby cities.According to legend, the Greeks want to take over Troy, but the physical forces could not cope.Then Odysseus comes to mind an interesting idea: he proposed to build a giant wooden horse.
trick Odysseus
Legend says that the Trojans with considerable astonishment watched the Greeks erected a wooden horse.The Greeks invented the story that if they created a Trojan horse will be able to protect the city from the Greek raids.That is why today a popular expression "Trojan horse" is a gift, a gift that was presented to defraud.But the Trojans believed the story, and even wanted to enter the horse into the city.But there were also opponents of this decision, which called for construction to throw into the water or burn it.Soon, however, he appeared in the city priest, who said that the Greeks created the horse in honor of the goddess Athena, to atone for the sin of many years of bloodshed.Allegedly, then crawled out of the sea, two snake that strangled the priest and his sons.The Trojans thought that all of these events - the omens over and decided to roll the horse into the city.
Start of the fall of Troy
According to archaeological and historical evidence still existed actually a Trojan horse.Phraseologism value, however, does not understand, if you do not think about the essence of the legend.So, the horse brought into the city.And the night after that a hasty decision Sinon released from the cavity of the horse hiding soldiers, who quickly killed the sleeping guards and opened the gates of the city.People who slept soundly after the festivities, do not offer resistance.Several Trojans broke into the palace to save the king.But Neoptolemus giant still managed to break the front door with an ax and killed King Priam.Thus ended the great history of great Troy.
still have not determined how many soldiers were in the Trojan horse.Some sources say that there were hiding 50 people, in other words being about 20-23 soldiers.But the essence remains the same: intelligent design in the form of a horse is simply not aroused any doubts have Trojans, which was the cause of their death.Now it is assumed that the myth of the Trojan horse - is an allegory of stratagem, which was once used by the Achaeans.
symbols and allegories
noteworthy, but the horse-like creature from ancient times is a symbol of birth and death.So, Achaeans created his horse made of fir branches, with the cavity structure remained empty.Many researchers agree that it is a symbol of a new birth.That is, it turned out that a Trojan horse brought death to the defenders of the city and at the same time became a symbol of the birth of something new for many people.
By the way, about the same time in the Mediterranean, there are events that are very important for the history.Beginning of the Great Migration, when northern countries in the Balkans have moved different tribes - the Dorians, the barbarians.This is what led to the destruction of the ancient Mycenaean civilization.Greece will be able to be reborn a few centuries, and the destruction that occurred in this state, a true story of such magnitude that the whole story is just dodoriyskaya remained in the legends.
What is a Trojan horse?
Today, very often we use this idiom as a "Trojan horse."This popular expression has long been a household name.So we call some gifts that are presented with the purpose to deceive or destroy.Many researchers have wondered about why the horse was the cause of the crash of Troy.But it is possible to note one thing: the Achaeans knew how to interest the Trojans.They understood that in order to lift the siege of the city need to impress the locals something special that they trust and opened the gates.
course, presentation of a Trojan horse as a gift of the gods played a crucial role, since in those days it was considered sacred gift to ignore an insult to the deity.As you know, joking with angry gods are very, very dangerous.So it happened that the competent inscription on the wooden statue (note on the side of the horse was written, it was a gift of the goddess Athena) has led to the fact that the Trojans had to take this dubious gift to his city.
Heritage Troy
So, a Trojan horse (the phraseologism we have already described) was the main cause of the collapse of the Trojan kingdom.We know from history that Troy famous for its horses, exactly in the city gathered merchants from around the world, it is at this city often raided.For example, one legend says that the Trojan king Dardanus owned a herd of magnificent horses that descended from the god of the north wind Boreas.And indeed, the horse has always been considered the closest animal to man: it was taken to the war, it was used in agricultural labor.Therefore, the appearance before the city gates of Troy is the horse and the locals could not be assessed as a gift of the gods.Thus, without knowing who the Trojan horse, the value phraseologism not so easy to understand.
And so it is no coincidence that Troy, which held the defense for 10 years, it fell through the fault of the horse.Of course, blame and cunning Achaeans, who were able to find a weak spot and opted for this kind of magic of the carrier in the face of a wooden horse.It is noteworthy that according to archaeological data Troy was just a small fortress.But at the same time with the aim to capture her went the whole army of hundreds of ships.
modern interpretation
Today this concept metaphorically designated and malware that spread people themselves.Moreover, the virus got its name in honor of the mythological Trojan horse, as most virus programs are similar: they are disguised as harmless and even useful software and applications that the user runs on your computer.Despite the simplicity of the complexity of the virus it is that it is difficult to recognize its purpose.For example, the most primitive modifications can completely erase the contents of the disk at boot time, and some programs are able to be integrated into specific applications on the PC.
