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| | The Last Days of Troy, Greek Mythology Link. |
 | | Meanwhile, the peace treaty was ratified at Troy, where the Achaean ambassadors (Diomedes 2, Odysseus, Idomeneus 1, Ajax 1, Nestor, Meriones, Thoas 2, Philoctetes, Neoptolemus, and Eumelus 1) were received with hope both by the people, who thought that their presence meant the end of their afflictions, and by the council. |
 | | When Epeius 2, following the instructions of Helenus 1, had completed the building of the WOODEN HORSE, which, standing on wheels, towered to an immense height, the Achaeans drew it from the camp to the walls, telling the Trojans to receive it with devotion as a sacred offering to Athena. |
 | | But, as planned, the fateful device was too large to pass through the city gates; and as predicted, the Trojans started to tear down the walls, helping each other with the greatest enthusiasm in their stupid purpose, which, for being shared and common, did not look stupid at all. |
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