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[582] “ὅτι Ζηνόδοτος γράφει “Ἕκτορα δὲ φρένα δῖος” (“θοῦρος”? La R.) “Ἄρης ὄτρυνε μετελθών.” πόθεν δὲ οὕτως ὁ Ἄρης ἐξαίφνης πάρεστιν” ; The An.question is justified, as Ares has not been on the battlefield since the end of E, and is dissuaded from returning in O 142; whereas Apollo has been actively engaged there at intervals during the recent battles in “Ξ, Ο”, and “Π”, down to 17.323 ff.

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

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