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Gernet (1936:200) argues that twelve victims is a number with ritual significance, and we can compare the sacrifices of twelve cows (Iliad 6.93 = 6.274 = 6.308) and twelve sheep (Odyssey 8.59), as well as the twelve Trojan youths Achilles sacrifices on Patroklos’ pyre (Iliad 21.27–28, Iliad 23.175). Germain (1954:17–18) notes that in the Iliad twelve is a number used for enemies killed and similarly relates that usage to its use as a number of sacrificial victims.