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Book Twelve<br />

and its danger: the Trojans are about to pass the Achaean defences by<br />

mingling with the fugitives.<br />

120—i To shut the gates on fugitives must have been a desperate decision,<br />

cf. the dilemma of Priam at 21.531—6. The Lapithai, however, are not<br />

enfants perdus, fighting a delaying action with the gates closed at their<br />

backs. They are following a recognized tactical plan: TrpOTi&poiOe TTUA&COV<br />

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