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[645] Thou seemest to speak every word almost after mine own soul. Achilles refers to the latter part of Aias' speech. The τι modifies the sentence like our colloquial ‘much as I could wish.’ Cf. Od. 9.11 “τοῦτό τί μοι κάλλιστον ἐνὶ φρεσὶν εἴδεται εἶναι”, leading on to a ‘but’ in the next line. The use, however, is elsewhere almost confined to negative sentences. Bentley conj. “τά”, needlessly. The open form ἐείσαο is demanded alike by the rhythm and by Homeric use.

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

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