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[108] ἠερέθονται, lit. ‘flutter,’ are blown about by the wind (2.448), i.e. cannot be trusted, the opposite of “φρένες ἔμπεδοι” 6.352; so “ἀεσίφρων” 20.183. Cf. 21.386. Ar. obelized this line and the two following; the only reason given is that “ἀπολογία ἐστὶν αὕτη ὑπὲρ τῶν παραβάντων Πριαμιδῶν”. This, of course, is insufficient; the lines quite suit the eminently courteous character of Menelaos. οἷς (109) is left without a very accurate reference by the change of subject to “ὁ γέρων” (which seems to be employed in a generic sense, not for Priam only — an Attic, not an Epic, use of the article). It is best taken as a neut. in the case where; cf. the analogous uses of the neut. pl. in H. G. § 161.

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

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