The siege of Troy was as little like a modern siege as a captain in the guards is like Achilles.

There is no mention of a ditch or any other line or work round the town, and the wall itself was accessible without a ladder.

It was probably a vast mound of earth with a declivity outwards.

Patroclus thrice mounts it in armour.

The Trojans are in no respects blockaded, and receive assistance from their allies to the very end."-- Coleridge, p.