[236] κομέουσι: the subject can only be the owners of the horses. “κομεῖν” means to “groom,” “look after” horses in Il. 8.109, 113; but, more generally, to “keep” animals, as in Od. 17.310, 319, Anth. Pal. vii. 717. 3. There can be no reference to the consecration of the colts to Poseidon as “ἀφετοί”.
κλίναντες: probably the carriage was propped against the temple-wall; cf. Il. 8.435 “, δ 42 ἅρματα δ᾽ ἔκλιναν πρὸς ἐνώπια παμφανόωντα. ἐῶσιν” almost certainly implies that the chariots were left permanently as “ἀναθήματα”, or possibly were sold; in the latter case “δίφρον δὲ θεοῦ τότε μοῖρα φυλάσσει” is rather euphemistic. The sale of duplicate or damaged objects from temple treasures is known from inscriptions; cf. Homolle in Daremberg and Saglio s. v. Donarium p. 381. 2.This text is part of:
The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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