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[879] προτιβάλλεαι: the mid. is not found again till Ap. Rhod. (iv. 1046) and Oppian. It is commonly explained attack, a sense found in the act. and “προσβολή”. But, as Monro remarks, this is rather too strong for the context; a more suitable sense is thou payest no heed to her. The mid. “βάλλομαι” is constantly thus used of the mind in H., cf. “ἐπιβάλλομαι” 6.68, “βάλλεσθαι ἐνὶ θυμῶι, μετὰ φρεσίν” and “προσβάλλειν ὄμματα, ὄψιν” in Attic (e.g. Eur. Med. 860), with no sense of violence.

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

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    • Euripides, Medea, 860
    • Homer, Iliad, 6.68
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4.1046
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