Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), Book 23 (Ψ）, line 875

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[875] The description is hopelessly confused. ὑπὸ πτέρυγος seems to imply a side shot, in which case it can only have been by a miracle that the arrow fell at Meriones' feet; if the bird was directly overhead it is equally miraculous that she should have been able to fly to the mast ‘far away’ (853, 880) after letting the arrow through. Virgil allows the bird to die outright. For τ̂ηι there (beneath the clouds) a few MSS. have “τήν” which is equally good.

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

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