Trojan War

Mostly legendary conflict between the Greeks and the people of Troy in western Asia Minor. It was dated by later Greeks to the 12th or 13th century BC. It is celebrated in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, in Greek tragedy, and in Roman literature. In Homer's account the Trojan prince Paris ran off with the beautiful Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta, whose brother Agamemnon then led a Greek expedition to retrieve her. The war lasted 10 years; its participants included Hector, Achilles, Priam, Odysseus, and Ajax. Its end resulted from a ruse: The Greeks built a large wooden horse in which a raiding party hid. When the Greeks pretended to leave, the Trojans brought the horse into the walled city and the Greeks swarmed out, opening the gates to their comrades and sacking Troy, killing the men and enslaving the women. The extent of the legend's actual historical content is not known; excavations have revealed human habitation from 3000 BC to AD 1200, and there is evidence of violent destruction about 1250 BC.

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Trojan may also refer to:

Language

• Trojan language, the language spoken in the ancient city of Troy

Astronomy

• Trojan (astronomy), an asteroid or moon in about the same orbit as a planet or large moon and about 60° ahead or behind
• Trojan asteroids share orbit with Jupiter
• Trojan moons exist in orbit around Saturn

Computing

• Trojan horse (computing), a type of malicious software
• Trojan (video game), a video game released by Capcom for the NES
• Trojan is the dual-wielding class in the MMORPG, Conquer Online.

Music

• The Trojan Men, an all-male a cappella singing group at the University of Southern California
• Trojan Records, a British record label specializing in Jamaican music

Sport

• USC Trojans, the sports teams representing University of Southern California as well as a nickname for all of its students and alumni
• SAIT Trojans, the athletic organization representing the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
• Trojan Shrine, is a mascot of University of Southern California
• The Troy Trojans, the sports teams representing Troy University (formerly Troy State University) as well as a nickname for all of its students and alumni.
• UALR Trojans, the sports teams representing The University of Arkansas at Little Rock as well as a nickname for all of its students and alumni.
• H-ML Trojans, the sports teams representing Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School, Miami Lakes, Florida.
• University High School Trojans, the sports teams representing University High School (Waco) as well as the students and alumni.
• Rotterdam Trojans (est. 1984), the American Football Club representing the city of Rotterdam (Netherlands) in the AFBN. National Champions 1996-1997-1998-1999, Benelux Champion 1995-1999-2000.
• University High School Trojans, the sports teams representing University High School as well as the students and alumni.
• Park Hill High School Trojans, the sports teams representing Park Hill High School Kansas City
• Clarenceville Trojans, the sports team of Clarenceville School District
• Trojans Sports Club, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire
• Trojans Rugby Football club
• Trojans F.C., an amateur football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland.
• Numerous high school teams, including:
• Benjamin E. Banneker High School, College Park, Georgia
• Daphne High School, Daphne, Alabama.
• Fife High School, Tacoma, Washington.
• Monroe High School(Michigan), Monroe, Michigan
• Lake Worth High School, Lake Worth, Florida
• Lely High School, Naples, Florida
• Fountain Fort Carson High School, Fountain, Colorado
• Olympic High School, Charlotte, North Carolina.
• Jones Senior High School, Trenton, North Carolina
• Romig Middle School, Anchorage, Alaska
• Wendell High School, Wendell, Idaho
• Trinity High School (Euless, Texas) (two time and defending Class 5A Division I state football champions)
• West High School, West, Texas

Transport

• Aermacchi AL.60, an Italian utility aircraft commonly called the AL.60F Trojan
• T-28 Trojan, a US military trainer aircraft
• GWR No. 1340 Trojan, an 0-4-0 saddle tank preserved in the Didcot Railway Centre
• Trojan (automobile), a British car manufacturer
• Trojan (Racing team), the manufacturer's racing team
• Trojan, the initial name for the FV432 APC, also a variant of the Challenger 2 Tank

Other

• Trojan (condoms), a brand of condoms
• Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Rainier, Oregon
• Trojan, South Africa, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Trojan skinhead, a certain type of skinhead
• Trojan Battery Company, electric vehicle battery maker.

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