Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), Book 11 (Λ）, line 786

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[786] γενεῆι here means descent as son of a goddess, not age as in 9.58. Curiously enough the ancient critics generally took γενεῆι ὑπέρτερος to mean younger. Strange fancies were built up on this line and 16.96-100, for which reference may be made to Plato Symp. 180A, Athen. xiii. 601, Aischines in Tim. 141 ff.

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

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