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[326] νῦν δ᾽ ἔμπης γάρ are to be taken all together, as “νῦν δέ” goes with “ἐφεστᾶσιν”: there is no parenthesis beginning with “ἔμπης”. For the proleptic use of γάρ see H. G. § 348 (2). But since as it is death in any case is to come. ἐφεστᾶσιν, stand in reserve, in wait for us; the sense of “ἐπί” is the same as in “ἔφεδρος”. So Hes. Opp. 114 “οὐδέ τι δειλὸν γῆρας ἐπῆν”. (Verrall on Aisch. Ag. 552.) For the κῆρες see 2.302.

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

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