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[694] ὦρσεν, as 13.83; Ar. “ὦσεν”, which however is elsewhere always used of thrusting away. At the same time it better suits the very material conception of χειρὶ μάλα μεγάληι, an anthropomorphic metaphor which contrasts strongly with the immaterial actio in distans of “Διὸς νόος”, 242. The nearest parallel in H. is the pulling backwards and forwards of the armies by ropes held in the hands of the gods. We have no right to suppose that Zeus has descended from Ida and is present in person on the battlefield.

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

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