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[80] This curious simile is the only illustration taken from purely mental processes in H., if we except the comparison of Od. 7.36 “τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημα”, and “ὁ δ᾽ ὥστε νόημα ποτᾶτο”, Scut. Herc. 222. A somewhat similar one will be found in Ap. Rhod.ii. 541 ff. The presence of “ἄν” in a simile is against the rule (H. G. § 283). We can of course easily write “ἀναΐξηι”, but the compound is strictly limited to the sense spring up from a lower position to a higher, which is excluded here.

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

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