Book 12
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Book 12
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The trench holds. The wall holds. For a moment, the Greeks believe their defenses will save them but walls do not fight, and the Lycians come on like wolves down a mountainside. Asius refuses his horses, dismounts, and pays for his pride with his life before the very gates he meant to break. The eagle drops the serpent into the Trojan ranks a sign, a warning and Hector turns his back on the omen, calling it a lie. Sarpedon leads the scaling of the palisade, stripping the battlements piece by piece, and only when Polydamas counsels retreat does the son of Zeus show what kind of king he is: he refuses, and climbs higher. Then Hector lifts the stone no two men of today could carry, hurls it through the gates, and the wall built to stop heaven itself splits like a reed in the river. The Greeks flee into their ships, trapped between the sea and the enemy, with no defenders left and no way out. Tomorrow, Patroclus walks.