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[211] The mention of ‘a comrade’ in general terms is unusual; from the regular Homeric practice we should have expected to hear his name. It is surprising too to find Idomeneus, who in 11.501 was among the fore-fighters, and in 12.117 was defending the wall, now unarmed; even if he were justified at such a moment in withdrawing from the fight to help a wounded friend, it is hardly to be supposed that he would lay aside his armour.

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

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