Trojan War: Truth Vs. Myth

The Iliad is a famous epic that tells the story of the Trojan War. When it was originally discovered it was probably hard to discredit any of it's contents. However as time has gone by and science and other things have improved some discrepancies have surfaced. The main one that comes to mind is the Trojan Horse. The one thing that sticks out to me personally about the Iliad is that it states that the Trojan Horse was silent and motionless while other accounts say otherwise and it would be pretty much impossible. It's hard to believe that while this thing is in motion the soldiers inside were silent. With the movement  they would be thrown around and that would make noise. That doesn't even account for the added sounds of breathing, coughing, and other natural sounds. Also odd to me is that when a man is discovered inside he tells a false story and is believed almost immediately. This just seems extremely unrealistic no matter how you think of it. This wouldn't make sense in any time period or situation for that matter... In the end the Iliad is a fantastic source of information for the Trojan War but like almost all great writings some information should be taken with a grain of salt. We can only hope to find more information as time goes by.