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[610] 610-14. These five lines were omitted by Zen. and athetized by Ar. Various reasons combine to support this decision. The addition of Ἕκτορος is quite needless. Zeus is on Ida, not “ἐν αἰθέρι. μοῦνον ἐόντα” is a strange expression, as Hector has his whole army with him. The prophecy in 613 is against the usual practice, and it is a departure from the accepted theology to make Athene carry out the work of fate. Ar. adds that the passage weakens the fiery rush of Hector, and is a commonplace repetition of 603. Most editors have agreed with him.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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