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The Iliad — Books 9-12 (Part 3 of 3)

a parapet. Ajax and his brother Teucer prevent the Achaeans from being routed and even manage to remove Glaucus from the fray. Neither side manages to make a telling breakthrough.

Hector, however, manages to break the gate of the Achaean wall with an enormous stone and rushes inside. Following his lead, the Trojans stream through the gate and over the wall and panic ensues among the Achaeans inside.