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[290] 290 “ἀθετεῖται, ὅτι ἀπίθανον εἰς ἀνδρὸς μορφὴν ὡμοιωμένον λέγειν “ἐγὼ καὶ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη.” τίς γάρ ἐστιν, οὐ μὴ νοήσηι”, But An.the objection would apply to the whole scene; Achilles has to know that the support given him is divine. The assumption of a human disguise is sufficiently explained by the danger to mortal eyes of a god's appearance in his proper brightness; “χαλεποὶ δὲ θεοὶ φαίνεσθαι ἐναργεῖς” 20.131.

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

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