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[184] The following passage down to 212 has given rise to many well-founded suspicions. For 185 see below. 186-90 are confused and absurd, even if we cut out 189; 192-7 are exaggerated, and do not agree with the rest of the Iliad. 198-211 are weak in themselves, contradict the introduction to this book, and have no bearing whatever on the story; 212 is a familiar sign of interpolation. 213 follows naturally after 182. The lines appearing in other places are only 184 = 23.442; 187 = 6.395; 210-11 cf. 20.134-5; 212 passim. The passage is therefore substantially original.

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

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