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[226] αὐτοῦ μιν κατέρυκε, his grandfather tried (imperf.) to keep him at home (lit. there where he was). δίδου, gave him in marriage (for a consideration; see 243-5); the imperf. indicates that “δίδου” is subordinate, = ‘by giving’ (see H. G. § 71).

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

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