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[159] ἀμφὶ πονησόμεθ᾽, not “ἀμφιπονησόμεθ᾽” as La R. and others write, on account of the caesura. ἀμφί is adverbial, all round expressing carefulness, as in “ἀμφὶ μάλα φράζεσθε” 18.254, just our ‘look at the question all round.’ Cf. Od. 20.307, where “ἀμφεπονεῖτο” may equally well be “ἀμφ᾽ ἐπονεῖτο”.

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

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