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[418] ἄφαρ, i.e. without hesitation. Cf. 13.814 “ἄφαρ δέ τε χεῖρες ἀμύνειν εἰσὶ καὶ ἡμῖν”. But it is by no means easy to bring all the Homeric uses of “ἄφαρ” under the sense quickly; here and in 17.417, for instance, it might be taken to emphasize the following adj. like French fort or bien, where the adverb has lost its individuality and sunk to a mere very. The origin of the word is quite unknown.

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

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