[190] ἕλκος: placed first in the verse, since the healing of the wound is the only care, now that the king knows that the arrow hit no vital part.
ἐπιμάσσεται (“μαίομαι, μας”): shall probe, shall heal.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books IV-VI. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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