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[200] μεγαλήτορος. Cp. inf. 207. We may either take this as a sort of standing epithet, not pressing the meaning too closely, or else render ‘stouthearted,’ implying great courage. But “μεγαλήτωρ” may also mean ‘arrogant,’ ‘haughty;’ just as in 2 Tim. 3. 4 the English version gives ‘high-minded’ as the translation of “τετυφωμένοι”, which suggests a similar rendering here. Eurymedon the king of the Giants is called “μεγαλήτωρ” in Od.7. 58.The headstrong temper of Agamemnon is also called “θυμὸς μεγαλήτωρ” in Il.9. 109.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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