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[421] ὑπό: explained by Am.and La R. of fear seizing the knees, as 3.34 “ὑπὸ δὲ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα”. But it is better to translate, with Fäsi, thereat, as though = under the influence of the noise. This is common in composition, e.g. “ὑποτρέω”, to tremble at a thing; so “ὑπαὶ δέ τε κόμπος ὀδόντων γίνεται” 11.417. ταλασίφρονα: cf. “Φόβος .. ὅς τ᾽ ἐφόβησε ταλάφρονά περ πολεμιστήν” 13.300; and, for the introduction of a supposed spectator, 4.539, etc.

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

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