previous next

[312] It seems best to put a stop at the end of this line, rather than to treat 312-315 as one sentence. Eumaeus explains at once what seemed to surprise Ulysses: the dog belonged to one who had died far from his home—hence his neglected condition. καὶ λίην = ‘you may well see that,’ ‘it is indeed because’ (Lat. immo).

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: