[2] Aristarchus argues with great force that the function here attributed to Hermes—that of conducting souls to Hades (“ψυχοπομπός”）—is nowhere else mentioned in Homer. The passing away of life is so often described in the Iliad and Odyssey that this argument is as strong as any argument ex silentio can be. Compare also the contradiction pointed out in the note on 11-13.
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