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[102] 102 = 15.727. The story now returns to the state of affairs described at the end of the preceding book. It is not clear, however, from the following lines that Aias is still on the ship of Protesilaos; the expression used would be equally applicable to an ordinary battle on the plain, while we should have expected some allusion to the peculiar circumstances. But this is not ground enough for dividing the authorship, as some would do. In 106, too, he is represented as holding a shield on his left arm, whereas in 15.677 he wields the “ξυστὸν ναύμαχον” with both hands.

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

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