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μένεος: with rage, cf. “μένεος δ̓ ἐμ<*> ήσατο” (sc. Achilles) “θυμόν Χ” 312. ἀμφιμέλαιναι: darkened on all sides. The mind is dark with passion, which is thought of as a cloud enveloping the φρένες. cf. “Γ 442, θάρσευς πλῆσε φρένας ἀμφιμελαίνας Ρ 573, ἄχος πύκασε φρένας κτλ. Ρ 83, μελαγχίτων φρήν” Aesch. Pers. 117 black-robed heart, of a mind foreboding ill.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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