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[244] δίκας. Perhaps the plural means ‘rules of right’: so that Nestor would be the best person to consult on any question about the dealings of man with man. The plural is used in 9. 215; Il.16. 542 and Od.11. 571 in a somewhat different sense. Join περίοιδε ἄλλων, ‘he knows better than any other men;’ cp. Il.10. 247περίοιδε νοῆσαι”, Od.19. 285ὣς περὶ κέρδεα πολλὰ καταθνητῶν ἀνθρώπων

οἶδ᾽ Ὀδυσεύς”. Others join “φρόνιν ἄλλων” = ‘what other men think,’ comparing Od.1. 3πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων νόον ἔγνω”.

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