[380] “ἔγχει κτλ”.: emphatic at the beginning of the verse, and the close of the sent., cf. “βάλλε Α” 52. Const. with “ἐπόρουσε. — ἐξήρπαξε”: the poet recognizes no chance rescue; see on 1.8; cf. 5.314 where Aeneas is saved by Aphrodite, and 20.325 where the same hero is rescued by Poseidon.
381 = 20.444, cf. “Λ 752, Φ 549, 597. — ῥεῖα κτλ”.: “easily, as only a god can.” ἐκάλυψε δέ: “and made him invisible.” cf. “σάωσε δὲ νυκτὶ καλύψας Ε 23, πολλὴν ἠέρα χεῦε η” 15.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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