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[118] ὁμοῦ with dat. as 5.867 “ὁμοῦ νεφέεσσιν” (where see note). μετά, meaning among, is very rarely found with the dat. singular; there are only five other cases. Here “αἵματι” must be regarded as a sort of noun of multitude, the bloody corpses. Cf. “μετὰ στροφάλιγγι” 21.503 beside “ἐν στρ.” 16.775 (H. G. § 194). The similar words of the same speaker in 5.886 may be compared, “πήματ᾽ ἔπασχον ἐν αἰνῆισιν νεκάδεσσιν”. The emphasis laid on carnage is well suited to the character of Ares.

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

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