Myths carry truth even when they are not literally true. The Trojan Horse endures because it captures something essential about deception, trust, and the vulnerability of the victorious. Whether a giant wooden horse really stood at the gates of Troy matters less than what the story has meant to every generation that has told it. The myth functions as a moral and psychological truth — the idea that gifts from enemies should be questioned, that victory can be a trap, that cleverness outweighs brute force.