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[71] ἡγέομαι, with dat. = to guide, as 22.101, Od. 23.134, etc.; with gen. = to command. εἴσω is a pure adv., the acc. giving the idea ‘to Ilios’ (H. G. § 140, 4), and “εἴσω” being added = inside. This is always the use of “εἴσω” in Il., and virtually makes “εἴσω” = “εἰς”. In Od. there is one instance (Od. 8.290) of the ‘quasi-prepositional’ use with gen. familiar in later Greek. The earlier history of the expedition is evidently presumed as a familiar story. The “μάντις” was in historical times a regular official in every Greek army.

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

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