Trojans
Defenders of Ilium
Trojans were the inhabitants of Troy, the ancient city besieged by Greeks in Homer's Iliad.
The term extends to athletic teams using the name, most notably the University of Southern California Trojans: The Trojans play their home games at the Coliseum.
A Trojan horse is any deceptive stratagem that gains entry under false pretenses. (Lowercase trojans are malicious computer programs.)
Ancient Greek epic composer
Helen · Aeneas · Achilles · Agamemnon · Patroclus · Ajax · Odyssey · Cassandra
Encirclement forcing surrender
- HectorMasculine given name
- warriorsPeople engaged in battle
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- spearPole with sharp point
armor · battlements · chariot · phalanx · fortification · gates · ramparts · defense
Carved equine figure
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
stratagem · ploy · infiltration · disguise · cunning · duplicity · artifice · ambush
Largest solar system planet
- asteroid beltPlanetary rubble orbit zone
- AgamemnonMycenaean king, war leader
- AchillesGreek hero, mortal heel
- orbitsCurved paths around bodies
Field sport with goals
- USCLos Angeles private university
- universityHigher education institution
- Southern CaliforniaSouthwestern US coastal region
- cardinalOf foremost importance
gold · mascot · marching band · Rose Bowl · NCAA · athletics · college · rivals
Homer
Ancient Greek epic composer
Paris · Helen · Aeneas · Achilles · Agamemnon · Patroclus · Ajax · Odyssey · Cassandra · Andromache
siege
Encirclement forcing surrender
spear · armor · battlements · chariot · phalanx · fortification · gates · ramparts · defense · archers
wooden horse
Carved equine figure
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
guile · stratagem · ploy · infiltration · disguise · cunning · duplicity · artifice · ambush · feint
Jupiter
Largest solar system planet
- asteroid beltPlanetary rubble orbit zone
- AgamemnonMycenaean king, war leader
- AchillesGreek hero, mortal heel
Patroclus · orbits · gravitational · swarm
football
Field sport with goals
- USCLos Angeles private university
- universityHigher education institution
- Southern CaliforniaSouthwestern US coastal region
cardinal · gold · mascot · marching band · Rose Bowl · NCAA · athletics · college · rivals · fight song
excavation
Act of unearthing
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- AnatoliaWestern Asian peninsula
- HittitesAncient Anatolian civilization
Dardanelles · pottery · citadel · ramparts · ruins · artifacts · layers · ancient · dig site · Mycenaeans
- Classical FiguresZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Hades
- USC FootballColiseum, Reggie Bush, O.J. Simpson
- solar systemsun, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
- space rocksasteroid, asteroids, meteorites, meteorite, meteors
- JupiterIo, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Great Red Spot
- College Footballfootball, college football, Clemson Tigers, BCS, Georgia Bulldogs
TrojansGreeks
Natives of Athens' homeland
Hellenes · Mycenaeans · Spartans · besiegers · invaders
- Trojan horseConcealed threat within welcome package
- Trojan WarLegendary Greek-versus-Troy conflict
- Trojan virusMalware disguised as safe software
- work like a TrojanLabor with exceptional dedication
- Trojan WomenDefeated city's surviving females