[245] The trick of Odysseus is reproduced in the story of Zopyrus, who feigned himself a deserter from the Persian camp, and enabled Darius to take Babylon, Hdt.3. 154.Compare also the act of Peisistratus, “τρωματίσας ἑωυτόν” Hdt.1. 59.The reconnaissance of Odysseus falls in with the time of the making of the wooden horse. He wanted to measure the gates to see if it could pass within; and according to a Schol., he sought to enlist the assistance of Helen on the side of the Greeks. Compare the form of the story given by Eurip. Hec.239 foll. “ἙΚ. οἶσθ̓ ἡνίκ̓ ἦλθες Ἰλίου κατάσκοπος”,
“δυσχλαινίᾳ τ᾽ ἄμορφος, ὀμμάτων τ᾽ ἄπο”“φόνου σταλαγμοὶ σὴν κατέσταζον γένυν; ὈΔ. οἶδ᾽ οὐ γὰρ ἄκρας καρδίας ἔψαυσέ μου. ἙΚ. ἔγνω δέ σ᾽ Ἑλένη καὶ μόνῃ κατεῖπ᾽ ἐμοί”.
