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There's like a billion sources, but I think in the story, the horse was supposedly left by the Greeks as an offering to the gods (Poseidon?) for safe passage home across the sea. And then the Trojans saw the Greeks had left, and stole the horse to fuck them over.
But the Greeks had anticipated that, and were lying about leaving anyway. They knew if they left it there, then the Trojans would steal the horse and bring it into the city, so they hid inside and then sprang out to kill the guards and open the gates for the rest of the army. So it wasn't a gift for the Trojans. Also, I think somebody did say that it was a trap, but they were ignored or killed somehow
Poseidon sent a couple of sea serpents to strangle the guy (a priest TO POSEIDON no less, and his two sons) warning the Trojans.
So he was like: "guys, this is a trap". And immediately two giant snake things appear and kill him on the spot. And the rest of the Trojans shrug off that horrific event and ignore the warning...
That makes much more sense!