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[115] The distinction of δέμας and φυή is not quite clear. From phrases like “δέμας πυρός” it would seem natural to take “δέμας” as ‘outward appearance’ generally; “φυή” as ‘growth,’ i.e. ‘stature.’ But this latter meaning belongs to “δέμας” in 5.801 “Τυδεύς τοι μικρὸς μὲν ἔην δέμας”. Perhaps we may render ‘stature and figure’ with about the same degree of vagueness. Cf. 13.432 “κάλλεϊ καὶ ἔργοισιν ἰδὲ φρεσί”.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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