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[560] κατεχούσας, enfolding the deep (Saronic) gulf. The word applies of course to the territories, not the cities. There is no sufficient analogy for taking “ἐχούσας” by itself as intrans. = lying. The Argive domain, viz. that centring in the plain of Argos, is split into a western and an eastern half, to provide a kingdom for Diomedes, and the name “Ἄργος” is evidently used of the city, which became known only in Dorian times, after the fall of Mykene. For the following towns see Frazer Paus. : Hermione iii. 293, Asine and Eïonai iii. 299, Troizen iii. 273, Epidauros iii. 259, Mases iii. 298, Kleonai iii. 82, Orneai iii. 217, Araithyrea iii. 76, Sikyon iii. 43, Hyperesia, identified with Aigira iv. 176 (Gonoessa, see Paus.ii. 4. 4), Pellene iv. 181, Aigion iv. 159, Helike iv. 165.

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

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