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[547] παῖδες. The grounds on which Aristarchus rejected the line (see crit. note) are not given. But, as Nitzsch remarks, (1) the Trojan captives would be the most unlikely umpires to be chosen in a dispute between these chieftains: (2) Homer does not use such a phrase as “παῖδες Τρώων”, but would have said “κοῦροι” (“κοῦραι”) or “υἷες”, as in Il.23. 175: (3) the verse is superfluous; and (4) Odysseus would scarcely have represented Athena here as the author of such a disastrous decision.

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