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[205] This line is clearly inconsistent with the passage athetized at the end of “Π”, where it is Apollo who takes the arms “ἀπὸ κρατός” (793) and “ἀπ᾽ ὤμων” (802). That passage therefore is later even than this probable interpolation. It is not clear why it should be “οὐ κατὰ κόσμον” to take off the armour of a slain foe — perhaps because it is of divine origin.

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

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