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and when they thought that their foes were asleep, they
opened the horse and came forth with their arms. The first, Echion, son of Portheus, was
killed by leaping from it; but the rest let themselves down by a rope, and lighted on the
walls, and having opened the gates they admitted their comrades who had landed from
Tenedos.
Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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