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[428] ἅρματι either with “κύρσας”, catching my car (for which cf. 24.530 “κακῶι κύρεται,” 3.23 “ἐπὶ σώματι κύρσας,” 23.821 “ἐπ᾽ αὐχένι κῦρε”); or instrumental, catching (me) with your car. The first seems best. The above with “ἐνέκυρσε” 13.145 and “συγκύρσειαν” below (435) are the only instances of the verb in H. The longer form “κυρήσας” first occurs in Hes. Opp. 755.

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

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