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[470] τώ, the immortal horses — though they have not been named. κρίκε, creaked with the strain. The horses are harnessed to the yoke alone; they spring as far apart as possible with their hind-quarters in their terror. The form κρίκε appears to occur only here in Greek. Bentley prefers “κρίγε” on the analogy of the later “κριγή” and “κεκριγότες” (Ar. Aves 1521), but all the forms are too rare to form a basis for argument.

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

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