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They followed the advice of Ulysses and introduced the doughtiest into
the horse, after appointing Ulysses their leader and engraving on the horse an
inscription which signified, “ For their return home, the Greeks dedicate this
thank—offering to Athena.” But they themselves burned their tents, and
leaving Sinon, who was to light a beacon as a signal to them, they put to sea by night,
and lay to off Tenedos.
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