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[517] πόνος ἄλλος is not a Homeric phrase; we can only explain it to mean ‘toil of different sort,’ i.e. war as opposed to curiosity. Heyne has remarked that for “ἄλλος” we should rather expect an epithet such as “αἰπύς. ἀργυρότοξος” is not elsewhere used as a substantive, but we may compare “γλαυκῶπις” 8.373, etc., “ἠριγένεια” Od. 22.197. The last half of 518 is from 4.440. ἔα for “ἔαε” is a doubtful form.

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

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