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When the Horse was left at the gates of Troy could they not see all the ships on the horizon and think something was up? Where was the army that bumrushed Troy? (lemmy.world)

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Calchas had prophesied that the first Achaean to walk on land after stepping off a ship would be the first to die. Thus even the leading Greeks hesitated to land. Finally, Protesilaus, leader of the Phylaceans, landed first. Odysseus had tricked him, in throwing his own shield down to land on, so that while he was first to leap off his ship, he was not the first to land on Trojan soil. Hector killed Protesilaus in single combat, though the Trojans conceded the beach. In the second wave of attacks, Achilles killed Cycnus, son of Poseidon.