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[23] The dialogue that follows is certainly, as Aristarchus said, “ἄκαιρος”. It has nothing to do with the main story, and the newly arrived souls of the Suitors have to wait till it is done (l. 98). Moreover it is strange that Agamemnon should now hold such a dialogue with Achilles. It would be appropriate only if Agamemnon were himself one of the new-comers.

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