[483] ἀνδρί: “with my man,” in single combat.
μαχήσασθαι: inceptive aor., enter the fight. ἀτὰρ κτλ.: and yet have I here, etc. This repeats in emphatic form the thought which had been summed up in “καὶ ὥς”. Sarpedon contrasts his situation with Hector's. τοῖον: of the kind. Sc. “ἐστίν”.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books IV-VI. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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