[40] τίσις Ἀτρείδαο, ‘vengeance for the murder of Atreus' son,’ sc. Agamemnon. So “ποινὴ Πατρόκλοιο” Il. 21. 28. Others join “Ὀρέσταο Ἀτρείδαο”, but it is contrary to Homeric custom to use the grandfather's name for a patronymic except in the case of Achilles. For the transition from the obliqua to the directa oratio cp. infra 276, 374; 12. 160; 17. 527.
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