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[290] τένοντε, vulg. “τένοντας”. But the dual is regular; see on 4.521, 16.587. Compare the manner in which Achilles drags the body of Hector, 22.396-97. “ τελαμῶνι ”, with the baldrick of his sword or shield detached for the purpose. The word may mean a strap generally, but the regular word for that is “ἱμάς” (e.g. 21.30), and “τελαμών” is elsewhere used only in the special sense.

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

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