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[466] 466-67. Düntzer's objections to this couplet are better founded: (1) the Iliad knows nothing of any son of Achilles except in late interpolations — see 19.327; (2) Priam does not follow the god's advice, as he makes no mention of either mother or son. 465 would form a very effective end to the speech.

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