Image: The Procession into Troy (here)
Pull a fast one to cloak evil intentions
It has been in the game since the Greeks
did one on Troy
They sailed away left the horse in
its belly with 20 of the best and
fully armed
its belly with 20 of the best and
fully armed
Towed into Troy as a prize of war
But in the stealth of night stole out
to open the gates
Thus a simple strategy to hoodwink
and outwit to win a war
So also in modern times there is no
let up. Given half a chance to test
his skills there was that smart alec
who had appropriately named it
point blank a ‘Trojan Horse’
his skills there was that smart alec
who had appropriately named it
point blank a ‘Trojan Horse’
Unleashed with devastating effect not
many years ago affecting not just the
innocents of gaming, computer geeks
but so also corporate giants.
And they are still around apparently
for the big kill on an anniversary of
some sort
but so also corporate giants.
And they are still around apparently
for the big kill on an anniversary of
some sort
Just as well as one has to be on guard
Intelligence can be used in many different
ways to satisfy the elements of greed in
a crook’s twisted mind
Note: Abhra has it in d'Verse to tie up mythology
with modern happenings
For Abhra's hosting at d'Verse
Poetics: Modern Mythologies
Great lesson about Troy with your expertise of writing made this an excellent post.
ReplyDeleteah the trojan horse virus...yes, that left an effect for sure..hiding inside something else...def a tactic we still employ...a bomb in the food supplies etc etc etc....
ReplyDeleteGood write. I hope there are no trojan horses still around to increase the devastation of war.
ReplyDeleteI think that the idea of trojan horses - both past and present - strike fear in our hearts. Thankfully I have avoided them. Smiles.
ReplyDeleteSo many still use such a tactic today
ReplyDeleteIt was a great strategy, so great that they still use it, that stupid trojan virus was awful.
ReplyDeleteGreed is the big problem. Cool take on the prompt.
ReplyDeleteHank,
ReplyDeleteThe story of the Trojan horse was brilliant and in many ways still a hidden weapon.
ah yes - computer hackers stole the trojan horse idea.. and many more did as well
ReplyDeleteyou and I were certainly thinking along the same lines! Great take!
ReplyDeleteAlas the Trojan horse seem to reinvent itself into our computers.
ReplyDeletevery nice comparison and these viruses really mess up things!
ReplyDeleteTrojan horse nicely plated here Hank...a brilliant and very timely take on the prompt...
ReplyDelete... and there is nothing new under the sun... cool picture
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a student, long back, I wrote a technical paper on network security and that is how I started, smiles - yes, we can perhaps arguably the best adaptation from mythology that modern day espionage has taken after. Well done. Thanks for joining my prompt.
ReplyDeleteYes, makes us wonder what is actually going on inside our computers doesn't it. Well done.
ReplyDeleteFor me, the Trojan Horse myth is all about the weakness of greed, why gambling can become an addiction, why con men can get a grip on our life, why something for nothing created Ponzie schemes; & yes, hackers upset my life for the second time i two years through my email; a never ending sad state of affairs; like war in the Middle East, right?
ReplyDeleteRight on the money, this sly old Trojan horse trick!
ReplyDeletei have to think that the second kind of 'just for fun' Trojan horse.. even without the deaths.. in someways is even more negative.. as it is most often only done for fun..and sh88s and giggles.. to create harm for others.. as time not only is money.. it is life..and to take it away for unnecessary problems is a soulless way to spend some time..:) without life.. at least....
ReplyDeleteBut with that said.. have a nice day..2 and smiles 2:):)!
Beware of a Greek bearing gifts.
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