Memo SubjectE: VIRGIL: re:Why A Horse? 04/05/99 06:28 Doesn't Homer use the phrase, "Horse-taming Trojans?"
Geo. ...................... Agnew Moyer Smith Inc. vox: 412.322.6333 fax: 412.322.6350 net: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catherine H Tate wrote: >Fellow subscribers, > I asked my professor the other week why did the Greeks build a huge horse; >why not a huge statue of Niki or some other figure? He researched and came >up with that this was a good figure for a seige engine. I still want to >know if their is some significance in a horse,like the sign given by Juno >that a spirited head of a horse would mark the foundation for Carthage. Is >there a reason to be found as to why the "Trojan Horse"? Why not another >image? Somewhere there must be a little something that explains why a >horse? Did the Trojans rever horses? > Curious and must be more than a good model for a seige > engine, > > > Kimber > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. >Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message >"unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You >can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
