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[134] This line is divided by the comma after πέλει into two equal parts; a rhythm for which there is no complete parallel in Iliad, for in 11.154 the elision perhaps helps to bridge the gap. Here the fact that “ἀνθρώπων” and “ἀνδρῶν” are in apposition may be an excuse, as the comma really divides conventionally an indivisible phrase. So Od. 11.260 “τὴν δὲ μέτ᾽ Ἀντιόπην ἴδον, Ἀσωποῖο θύγατρα”, and ibid. 266. But the other Odyssean instance, Od. 3.34, does not admit of this alleviation. Cf. 1.53, and notice the difference produced by the slight change in l. 276.

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

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