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[535] For this line see H. G. § 294. διαείσεται has two objects, both “ἀρετήν” and the object clause “εἴ κε κτλ.He shall learn (the value of) his courage, whether he will be able to abide my spear. Compare 13.277λόχον, ἔνθα μάλιστ᾽ ἀρετὴ διαείδεται ἀνδρῶν”. There the compound has its full force, “δια-” implying distinction between different men; here it is otiose.

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