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[11] κλήδην: cf. 22.415 “ἐξονομακλήδην”, giving a special invitation to each, and not proclaiming the assembly by shouting — lest the enemy should hear in the stillness of the night. The word, however, obviously suggests the summoning of a council only, not of the assembly; we shall find further evidence as we proceed to show that this was the original conception.

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

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