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[293] The speech and action of Poseidon are as glaringly inconsistent with his attitude in the Iliad in general, and his recent speech (133-43) in particular, as are the words of 306 with that of Zeus. If Aineias is to be saved it should naturally have been by Apollo who urged him on, and is still in the field, or by his mother Aphrodite, as in But E. it is impossible to separate the action of Poseidon from the whole episode, which may have been introduced not only for the glory of Aineias, but to explain some form of Poseidon-worship among the families who claimed descent from him.

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

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