[138] χραύσῃ: wounds, shall have wounded. For the subjv., cf. “παμφαίνῃσι” 6.
αὐλῆς: wall of the farm-yard. Cf. “ι 184, ξ” 5. But “αὐλῆς” 142 is the farm-yard itself; cf. 4.433. — This verse and the following contain the point of the comparison: the lion and Diomed are not weakened but rendered more fierce by their wounds.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books IV-VI. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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