The Trojans had not been entirely idle while the
Greeks were preparing for war; they also had made
extensive provision for the approaching
contest; larger crops had been sowed, har-
vested and garnered for the siege. And
the heralds of King Priam had warned all
his tributary chieftains that contingents of provisions,
munitions and warriors would be expected from them.
He had also arranged with his allies far and near to fur-
nish aid to Troy, if circumstances made it necessary.
A powerful garrison had therefore been collected in
Troy from Asia Minor and Thrace. Sarpedon brought
the Lycians, Æneas led the Dardanians, and there
were Carians, Phrygians, Alizonians, Pæonians, and
other races gathered at the Troad to aid in the defence,
and prevent the rescue of Helen.

As soon as the invading force had landed, the fleet
was hauled well up in two rows on the beach, in a small
bay between the Rhetian and Sigeian Points, there
being no sufficient tide in the Egean to disturb them.
Tents and booths were ranged in front of the ships, each
contingent of soldiers being situated adjoining its own
galleys. Ajax Telamon guarded one end of the Greek
lines, while Achilles was stationed at the other. The
Trojans seem after the first battle to have adopted a
defensive policy. Agamemnon began active operations
by hurling his army against the massive walls of Troy,
intending to carry it by assault. But the attempt so
signally failed that the Greeks never again attempted to
storm the city until the great battles near the close of the

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