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[182] 182-84 = 8.38-40. (“οἱ ἀστερίσκοι”) “ὅτι ἐνταῦθα ὑγιῶς λέγονται, κατὰ δὲ τὴν πρὸ τῆς κόλου μάχης ἀγορὰν τῶν θεῶν οὐκέτι”, There An.is no doubt that the lines are far more intelligible after the hesitating speech of Zeus here than when alluding to his very uncompromising threats in 8.5-27. He may be supposed now to recognize, in spite of his proposal to save Hector, that the fated time has come, and he cannot resist. In “Θ” he still has a free hand.

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

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