[534] μοῖραν, ‘his share of the spoil;’ cp. Il.9. 318“ἴση μοῖρα”, see also Od.9. 42.The special γέρας was the possession of Andromache, according to the story as it appears in the “μικρὰ Ἰλιάς” of Lesches, in the fragment quoted by Nitzsch from Tzetzes on Lycophr. 1265 “αὐτὰρ Ἀχιλλῆος μεγαθύμου φαίδιμος υἱὸς”
“Ἑκτορέην ἄλοχον κατάγει κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας:”“παῖδα δ᾽ ἑλὼν ἐκ κόλπου ἐυπλοκάμοιο τιθήνης”
“ῥίψε ποδὸς τεταγὼν ἀπὸ πύργου: τὸν δὲ πεσόντα”
“ἔλλαβε πορφυρέος θάνατος καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή”.
“ἐκ δ᾽ ἕλετ᾽ Ἀνδρομάχην ἠύζωνον παράκοιτιν”
“Ἕκτορος, ἥντε οἱ αὐτῷ ἀριστῆες Παναχαιῶν”
“δῶκαν ἔχειν ἐπίηρον ἀμειβόμενοι γέρας ἀνδρί”. But there need not necessarily be an allusion to this form of the legend here, as “γέρας” may be any special article of value out of the spoils.
