The engineering of these siege engines is pretty amazing, and the mention of the 'Trojan Horse' as well as the image of the dragon figure on the example pictured, brings to mind a question.
Were these huge devices actually designed with such artistic imagery, or possibly just described metaphorically?
It seems that many weapons' components are described with reference to similarities to animal or other descriptive terms, i.e. monkey tail etc. and if I recall, there is question on the actual existence of the Trojan Horse itself.
Just wondering,
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23rd September 2008, 09:36 PM
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