The Actual Story of Troy - The Trojan Horse

How much of what we know about the fall of Troy is actually true? Check out today's new video about an epic forbidden love story that led to one of the most iconic and violent ambushes of all time! So was there actually a Trojan horse? Find out right now!
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[@Thatoneguyinurwalls]

My favorite line in the Illiad is when Hector turns to the audience and says: "Its Troyin' time."

[@HaroldoPinheiro-OK]

And then he started Troyin' so hard that all the Trojan's got Troyed!

[@Mythical.History]

@@HaroldoPinheiro-OK Then Morbius showed up and said "it's morbin time" and he morbed everyone at the battlefield, killing both the armies of Troy and Greece. Achilles and Morbius faces off. But Achilles was not as powerful as Dr. Michael Morbius. Eventhough he was not powerful, he had an armor covering his whole body except his feet. So Morbius, being a skilled doctor, intelligently bit Achilles' feet and drank all his blood, completely draining him. Then Morbius took Achilles' helmet and weapons and proclaimed himself as a Demigod and said "Gods at Olympus, hear this! I, Dr. Michael Morbius will destroy you all, one by one. And I will drink every one of your "God" awful blood and make myself more powerful. You guys really don't understand why I'm going to do all of this right? Cuz *IT'S MORBIN TIME!"*

[@Flamsterette]

That was not a real line.

[@Flamsterette]

@wargames No, it was not.

[@bobbylim3016]

Was Hector Mexican?

[@jpbernier4196]

From this legend we get the Trojan horse representing a deceptive maneuver and Achilles' heel representing a fatal weakness.

[@davidhawkins3031]

John 3:16 “for God so loved the world he sacrificed his one and only son” put your faith in God!!

[@Carnyzzle]

Also the Trojan computer virus that hides itself as a program you'd want to use

[@slizzardshroomer9666]

@@davidhawkins3031 Lunatic detected

[@shewolfsiren]

The Mythbusters tackled this in one of their episodes! They built a wooden horse approximately the same size described by Homer, then they got about 30 volunteer elite soldiers (either Marines or Army Rangers) to hide in the belly of the horse for approximately a day. It was brutal for the soldiers, but they WERE able to pull it off and still be in relatively good fighting condition when they emerged. So it wound up being “Plausible” for the Trojan Horse myth

[@condorX2]

Nobody bother inspecting the horse..

[@darthcupcake3845]

@@condorX2 back in the day idk if they caref

[@vj_great551]

How they go to bathroom

[@shewolfsiren]

@@vj_great551 The rule is “Never Go To War On A Full Stomach”. And there’s two reasons for that. 1-Nausea to the point of throwing up is minimized if not outright negated (infamously demonstrated by the D-Day Beach Hitters). And 2-The need for bathrooming is minimized if not outright negated

[@smartduck904]

@@vj_great551 what's go on behind that wooden horse

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

“For the Trojans they bet on the wrong horse” - *Hades*

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

Anyone else notice how beautiful they made every woman in this episode?

[@leighaherrington8448]

Somebody just had to go for that line.

[@fishedmilk]

@@ThrillSeeker3524 huh

[@andrewsimpson2808]

I laughed so hard when I read great job

[@ranavandebuurtpolitie]

"THE TROJAN WAR HASNT HAPPENED YET!!"-Cinema Sins

[@ives3572]

"This war will never be forgotten, nor will the heroes who fight in it." - Troy, by Odysseus

[@roylle6346]

So why wasn't Memnon mentioned?

[@baronvg]

I gotta say, the animator who designed Helen of Troy sure knew what they were doing 🤣

[@sarahgibbs9931]

You simping?

[@danny.55]

@@sarahgibbs9931 tf?

[@aflores278832]

Trojan knockers. Bigger than they seem?

[@shenkman1]

don't forgot about Achilles mom

[@rhuttrho88]

@@sarahgibbs9931 That's not what "simping" means!🙄🤦🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️👌🏿👍🏿

[@jonwallace6204]

Just wanted to let you know that the quality of writing in this video, particularly the battle scenes are on point. Had be excited even thought I already know this story.

[@ives3572]

"If they ever tell my story let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles." - Troy, by Odysseus

[@reyes__2833]

Cringe

[@eelchiong6709]

Triple cringe

[@BrightWendigo]

Wasn't Achilles ended by "slayer of men" like Troy got tamer of horses? Or is that a movie thing

[@evanharrison4054]

If someone gave me a giant horse made out of wood, I'd think that it's supposed to be an effigy. All I'm saying is that if I were there, my pyromania would have rewritten history completely.

[@elaynezahnow7202]

I had an 8th grade algebra teacher and he wasn’t too tightly wrapped. We’d listen every day about mythology (it was far more interesting than algebra). His stories line up very closely to the stories you’re telling! Yup!

[@subhanasadree2869]

great episode!

[@boosiewild9062]

I love this channel thank you for the content

[@docnathan3959]

Ah yes, the craziest prank in ancient history.

[@SaitohYatate]

Discovering clues to what really happened between the Mycenaeans in the Trojans and real life might be the key to understanding what happened to the former that eventually led to the Greek Dark ages (seriously, what happened during that transition?).

[@Daktazulu]

We watched this in class today! Amazing video!!

[@GhostCountries]

It's always interesting seeing where mythology and historical reality meet; in a similar vein, consider the Minoan eruption, which may have inspired the story of Atlantis.

[@angelosoariel]

One of Achilles’ ‘closest friends’ well…they were awful close, you’ve got that right. Folks are still so afraid to say they were in love sheesh

[@adhchopper]

It’s self explanatory and obvious. They were written as friends so they followed the story faithfully. You’re free to draw your own conclusions and so is everyone else, but the onus isn’t on the infographics show to rewrite history.

[@curleddoughnuts6857]

Other stories suggest that Achilles and Patroclus were cousins…

[@Thatoneguyinurwalls]

@@curleddoughnuts6857 Not "other stories". They are flat out cousins in the Illiad.

[@shawnporterjr2890]

The original story never suggested such though

[@curleddoughnuts6857]

@@shawnporterjr2890 they were cousins.

[@ontyam]

Great video, guys; loving the recent content.

[@onlyme219]

Leaving a huge wooden horse looks dodgy AF, if this is true they deserved to get overtaken bringing this in

[@shanebraaten9553]

ikr..😅

[@herobrinegreek9493]

It looks "dodgy" because it once happened. Our Ancient Ancenstors believed in multiple Gods and in gifts of them.

[@p.namv2437]

The lesson here is: don’t cheat

[@rhuttrho88]

Exactly! Find another chick! He was royalty! He definitely could of found another chick like Helen!

[@OmarAlikaj]

Why do I have the feeling that the man with the dynamites in Turkey was the inspiration to that character in Disney's "Atlantis the Lost Empire?"

[@Vik_Demue]

So informative...first episode I came across, I subscribed and have been checking ever since. Keep it up!

[@Master_Yoda1990]

Just do your research before taking what this channel says as fact, they tend to be wrong on some details.

[@herobrinegreek9493]

This is a very innacurate video

[@Sid1699]

@@herobrinegreek9493 plz elaborate

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nicely done video

[@briankachelman]

My favorite Epic Poem is by far Homer's Illiad. I love how you summarized it. This was the first of many ancient wrritings the Universe I attended had us study in the Classical Mythology course. Excellent portrayal of the story!

[@garlandgarrison3739]

Time to rewatch Troy🤣

[@danieleliyahu3014]

Great video and animation. You delivered the content easy and interesting.

[@VoltMagnum]

ive been watching see u in history/mythology for a while and i was surprise that gods were intervening in this war and it was kinda crazy

[@osf4561]

love it 😀

[@tyrant-den884]

"His *friend* Patrolis... why do I feel like I just made enemies?"

[@atmosquake3090]

Helen may represent the Hellenic peoples in some way. Could be the Trojans were gaining more control over that group’s territory or maybe Trojan drugs and rock music were “corrupting” the youth and figuratively stealing peoples spouses

[@wwerules000]

I got a question on troy, where there divorce courts back then, this would sound like a messy divorce, she left the guy and he went to war to try and get her back.

[@GhostCountries]

That mix between actual history and mythology really is interesting; when doing some research on Epirus - different, I know - many of the rulers drew on Greek legends to legitimize their rule, etc.

[@geekphilosophy4258]

Ahh yes. My favorite cartoon - Troy Story

[@payamkohan2452]

The bulls part got me 💸😭😭😭

[@V_lkyri3]

You should do a video about the UH-60 Black Hawk! It’d be awesome.

[@CoolKatt1]

Oh I love this story! You never disappoint us

[@Magicfighter01]

I love the story too

[@dharmen1356]

@@Magicfighter01 And I love you😏

[@PigZombie68]

helped me with school project!

[@husslehard8005]

12:49 I believe they were called Hercules arrows, because Hercules used poison tipped arrows that he acquired by dipping them into the blood of a creature from one of his 12 labors after that he use the arrows, many other times throughout the rest of the 12 labors

[@primenumberbuster404]

Troy Story 1 be looking dope.

[@johntaylor-lo8qx]

Excellent. Please keep your docs this length or longer. Bravo 👏 Bravo 👏

[@victordegrande1628]

When the Iliad ends, Troy is still standing, and when the Odyssey starts it has already been destroyed. So oddly enough, the Trojan Horse isn't in either of Homer's poems and yet 3000+ years later, everyone still knows its story.

[@RoxDZoro]

I read a version of the illiad that included the trojan horse story years ago

[@feldgeist2637]

@@RoxDZoro you mean references to the horse within the Odyssey the Iliad has no giant wooden horse

[@eelchiong6709]

@@RoxDZoro I think it was in a later epic, the aenid. Story of the trojan prince who fled troy with what men he could gather and sailed to carthage before settling in italy. The forefather of Romulus & Remus. Founders of Rome.

[@luigigenoni5944]

I'm sorry to correct you, but the troyan horse is mentioned in the odyssey, in the first books, during the visit of Thelemacus to Menelaus. the aedus sinks about the building of the hourse and the collapse of troy. this was not the most ancient poem talking about this, there was another poem titled Hiliuous persis, in which you could read the troyan hourse story. what is left to us, iliad and odyssey are just two of a bigger set of poems about the troyan wars, which in ancient times were thought to have been written by Omer. now we know one single Omer did not exist, but all those poems share the same language, which is quite interesting to us because was not real spoken greek, but the poets wanted it to be arcaic, or if you prefer to be similar to mycenean greek (no, it is not mycenean greek, it has no labiovelars, but it is similar to it, hanax from mycenean wanax instead of basileus for example). so we could say that the myth of the troyan horse was already well known during the hellenic medioaevum, 800 BC. unfortunatelly pomes are not historical evidence, so untill we do not find something, maybe in the hittit archives (we have something frammentary and unclear til now), we have to be skeptical.

[@nathanbeer3338]

There's another version to Achilles's death that says that Apollo knew of Achilles's weak spot and aimed Paris's arrow to hit Achilles's heel.

[@s0m3on3e]

Yes apparently Apollo hated him

[@TimParker-Chambers]

9:15 Yes, 'best friend'... 🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@Daniel4646]

The element of Helen's "kidnapping" might have really existed in some form, but was just used as a convenient excuse by the Greeks to ravage Troy. This theme was already used in the classic 1956 movie Helen of Troy.

[@bobthegoat7090]

Homer really didn't understand the difference between a historian and a guy who makes stories.

[@herobrinegreek9493]

And *you* don't understand who Homer was

[@Apollo-hi1jj]

Ah yes, Achilles closet “friend” 💀

[@butterfacemcgillicutty]

Patriclous was not Achilles' "best friend". They were lovers.

[@Apollo-hi1jj]

History hates lovers

[@Apollo-hi1jj]

@wargames haha, ok

[@Kamil_Horvath]

I love how they take time at the start to imply that this is 100% fact, and then they start reading a romanticized fan fiction of what happened. This is actually good camp content for watching with friends lol

[@ives3572]

"Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: Will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?" - Troy, by Odysseus

[@samuelthurman5331]

Nope. They'll probably misinterpret the story and make up their own...

[@sillygooberbutsillier]

“OH SHI- PEOPLE ARE CRAWLING OUTA THE HORSE”

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

I love the way reality is just boring, modest and realistic .... Unlike the drama and noise of tales and stories....

[@herobrinegreek9493]

You have teribble knowing of those events in order to find them boring

[@donm5354]

Now I know the story of the name behind BABYLON 5 Earth Alliance battle cruiser AGAMEMNON - Captain John Sheridan's first command ship.

[@sonofafroman]

you forgot Memnon, the man who almost killed Achilles. Let's also not forget Patroclus was Achilles's gay lover

[@joshke335]

Gay, those guys would "jump" at the first thing they saw, I'd say pansexual, or I wouldn't say any orientation, they didn't care as long as it had... holes.

[@lazarocastro857]

Have you done one of “what would happen if dinosaurs came back”

[@brevinwilson6260]

Patroclus his best friend? Hmmm I think they were out of the friend zone by that point

[@inglorious9302]

They were roommates

[@nicolasgarciatrujillo6192]

Great video, but there´s a little mistake: Hector did know that Patroclous was the one in the battlefield. Maybe not at the beggining of the fight, but after Patroclous kills Sarpedon, the troyans realize that the one in the field is Patroclous, not Achilles.

[@miguelnovais3878]

"One of Achilies closesest friends" hahahahahahahahahah. Tell people the truth!

[@treyyoungley6171]

Bro woke up for days and rode his horse around in a circle😂 that is wild man

[@ives3572]

"The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again." - Troy, by Achilles

[@candiceperry7916]

It is awesome to watch infographics show on youtube I like what would happen if you didn't brush you're teeth for 1 week

[@Prishdoesanimations]

France gifting the eifeil tower to usa as a "gift":

[@OptimusMaximusNero]

The greeks that destroyed Troy didn't know that the city would get its revenge thousands of years later, as a Trojan man named Aeneas escaped from the destruction and started a family. Two of his descendants were named Romulus and Remus...

[@terryarmbruster9719]

Lol coincidental names

[@dragongame3307]

The founders of Rome,the city that defeated Greek empire

[@curleddoughnuts6857]

lol that’s a fake story, before the Romans claimed Trojan ancestry they were already at war with a group of nations called Dardania so they had rename the region as Moesia.

[@timsmith1323]

He was called Aeneas not Eneas

[@timsmith1323]

@@curleddoughnuts6857 dardinians where Trojan allies as well and Aeneas was the dardinian commander according to mythology

[@3009rinx]

Read about Hector vs Achilles battle on wiki. According to wiki, Hector ran from Achilles before the battle. He knew from the beginning that he will be killed

[@Apollo-hi1jj]

He knew immediately when he found out who he killed wasn’t Achilles haha

[@gyulaerdei3180]

Korunkban - azon múlik... Ki fizeti ...az "elkövetőt ! ! ! :)

[@froogsleegs]

an entire war fought over one man stealing another man's wife. that's human history for ya

[@robertbobbypelletreaujr2173]

Achilles Mom: "if you stay here you will have family and great long life, if you go to war you will die but live on as a legend"

[@davidjockin6654]

Achilles: "Ok, bye mom!"

[@acidbrns]

"closest friend" lol

[@nathanielabishek2939]

Thank me later, The Professor explains this in 2 minutes in Money Heist

[@gravewalkers]

Yes, it is true. Only reason we don't keep doing it is that everyone is scared of it now. A lesser known version that would still work is the Mongol 'abandoned baggage'. When your city is under siege, you want a relieving army to come save you by attacking them in the rear. That is why Caesar's siege of Alesia he had a walls in front and behind then needed them. So.. the Mongols PRETENDED a relieving army of Chinese was coming, so they abandoned all their works and carts and stuff, then rode away in haste. They slowly retreated for two days, then burst galloped back to the city. The people of course waited a day out of fear. When scouts reported the Mongols were gone, they all went out to loot the Mongol baggage. When the Mongols suddenly reappeared, all the gates were open and the soldiers were mixed with the civilians looting. The panic was devastating and the Mongols took the city before they people could recover a defense. The greater lesson being, getting the other person to do the maneuvering that ultimately defeats them. Which is applied game theory really. People still can't believe the horse AFTER hearing about it. They certainly would not believe it BEFORE hearing about it. Put in context of today, it is a JEWISH horse covered in RAINBOWS. The people today would tear down the walls so they could bring it in to worship it.

[@Princesssparkles2014]

😂 very true

[@Kevan808]

This was better than the movie 👍

[@Blueninja-xt4ci]

Fun fact: Some say the Achilles was actually gay and was in love with his best friend. Sources vary.

[@joshke335]

Not necessarily gay, because unlike today no one cared how you identified, they just... did their thing, with anyone they met.

[@treyyoungley6171]

I’m sure they had whatever oil is to us is to them. Made up story glad you mentioned that part

[@flackstar007]

I always found it ironic that the peace offering was not burned like a sacrifice to the gods outside the city. This would of made their religious zealots happy and would of prevented the soldiers from infiltrating the city while everyone was drunk. This said the city would of still been weakened from it's partying and would of struggled to defend itself if the invaders still tried their hand at the city even with the failure of the trojan horse. But with the high walls the defenders would likely have enough time to sport the attack and sober up before the walls were under real threat of being scaled or breached.

[@WRL13]

12:49 Hercules had doused his arrows in the poisonous blood of the hydra, hence the reason behind naming these arrows after him. bonus trivia.

[@WRL13]

@wargames then it's his arrows that were dipped in the poison

[@trout717oboeplayer9]

11:57 oh so thats where the term Achilles heel comes from.

[@wiseone1013]

Marvelous event in history. I remember a version of this (perhaps the Odyssey or Iliad) where Achilles chases Hector around the fortress of Troy for 7 times before engaging in battle. Was Hector brave like in the film or scared of Achilles?

[@shanebraaten9553]

Scared... 💯%

[@Eldyra]

I don't think the answer is that easy. Hector was certainly a brave warrior, but yes, when Achilles charged him after Patroclus' death, he was scared. He did face Achilles alone to negotiate, against his father's wishes, which does require courage. Achilles is too enraged by grief and chases Hector around the city THREE times. Then Hector decides to face him, although he never had a real chance, remember that Apollo's strength was described as godlike and Hector has seen him fight for 10 years, without ever being wounded. I think there's a difference between cowardice and admitting you can't win. Especially since before Hector had never shied away from battle, other than Paris, who caused the whole thing and let others fight for him. I think that was still in the Iliad, the Odissey starts after Hector's death, if I remember correctly.

[@eelchiong6709]

@@Eldyra Achilles you mean, not Apollo. And at that time, before meeting Hector, Achilles was slightly wounded in an exchange of spear throws with another Trojan, Asteropaeus, by the Scamander river, with one of his two thrown spears grazing Achilles' elbow.

[@jazzytwinkle8086]

Am I the only one that watches these videos cause I’m bored then they come on a test

[@scarletmacaw]

Trojan condoms were named after the mighty Trojans. As for the Greeks, always remember these words of wisdom…”beware of Greeks bearing gifts”, and “beware of Greeks wearing sneakers 👟 too…

[@jason9272]

How good would it be if they found the trojan horse underneath the site that they are digging

[@wwerules000]

If it was real, I don't understand why you would take it in, one they didn't say they left but made it look that way, 2 wouldn't you have a person inspect it first, 3 they could of set fire to it.

[@Eldyra]

​​@@wwerules000 They thought it was an offering to Athena to bring the Greeks home safely and that it would bring Athena's blessing to them instead, if they brought it into the city. In turn it would enrage Athena to destroy it. Also, both Cassandra and Laocoon spoke up against bringing the horse inside, according to myth.

[@ted321o]

Helen was not loyal which led to war lol 😂

[@mickymouse7605]

It was an April morning when they told us we should go.....

[@SomeRednek420]

The Trojan horse, the first AT-AT from Star Wars

[@ISULTAN2003]

Me Who has only seen the movie: But but Achilles and Paris are Alive when the horse is entered to the City

[@seangiebitz1284]

Suppose we built a large wooden badger…

[@lordblackking9122]

Oh really nice movie

[@techcomments7348]

When i heard thanks to homer at the begining of the video i thought they meant homer simson😂

[@bravocarlos1752]

And then the survivors of Troy possibly create "Rome" Romulus and his brother are possibly the grandchildren of Paris and Hectors cousin Aeneas ( nephew of king priam )who Paris gives the sword too in the movie "Troy"

[@rileywatson4422]

Amen

[@Meme_Egg.]

I ALREADY KNOW THIS IS A BANGER

[@BlackYoshiGamer1996]

So this was the first "Simp War" in human history? 😂😂

[@vgcq02]

Kid: The Thessalonian you are fighting, he’s the biggest man I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t want to fight him Achilles: That is why no one will remember your name

[@CV_CA]

11:09 Never understood why didn't she just grabbed the other heal too and dip him again?

[@eeasrsebola1073]

11:25 Y'all got an increase to the drawing budget and forgot how to behave

[@wyattterrell2796]

Awesome 😎

[@BarbaraForce0902]

The artists at The Infographics Show really went to town with the women's, uh, fashion

[@JRVBG]

I’m pretty sure the “Hercules Arrows” were named after Hercules dipped his arrows in the hydra’s blood after killing it

[@punkass6033]

Ohh cool! Now I know why it's called Achilles tendon

[@yourmotivation453]

the biggest prank ever

[@theindomitableblackman]

"Best friend" 😏

[@AlbertaGamer]

"You shouldn't question the veracity of ancient tales" - some guy

[@herobrinegreek9493]

*-some wise guy

[@Robert-xm1em]

Achilles "best friend" 😉

[@Itsrunzo]

Actually Paris kidnapped Helen we can’t see because later on the Trojans complain to Paris during the war saying she curses their children from her tower and that he should just let her go