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[389] κολλ́ηεντα evidently means that they were made of pieces glued side by side, and arranged so that their ends lay at different distances, in order to gain strength. See note on “κολλητὸν βλήτροισι”, 678. στόμα, the front, i.e. point; a unique expression as applied to a weapon, though somewhat similar metaphors are found in later Greek; e.g. Xen. uses “στόμα” of the front of the battle, “ἄκρον στόμα πύργων”, Phoe <*>. 1166. It is impossible not to be reminded of the common Hebraism ‘the mouth of the sword,’ which appears in Luke St. xxi. 24, etc.

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

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