>“It was a Trojan Horse for us, with an aim of selling the brand and getting a supplier contract,” he says. As in the Iliad, the plan worked.
The Trojan Horse isn't actually in the Iliad, it's in the Little Iliad, a now lost epic poem.
The horse is mentioned briefly in the Odyssey, since it's attributed to Odysseus's cunning wit. Probably the work that describes it most thoroughly is the Aenid, which came hundreds of years after Homer's works or the Little Iliad.
The Romans often were inspired by, appropriated, imitated, or embraced Greek culture which was looked upon highly. Much of their success can be attributed to their ability to integrate many cultures and meld them into a diverse Roman culture.
I appreciate the pedantic correction.