[125] τά, τά: strictly both are dems. (§§ 3 n f., 24 l), the second repeating the first, although the first may be translated as a rel.
τὰ μέν: the thought contrasted with this, is implied in vs. 127 ff. πολίων: cities near Troy, of which Achilles had sacked 12 with his fleet and 11 with a land force, 9.328 f. Homer mentions the sack of Lesbos 9.129, of Lyrnessus 2.690, of Pedasus Od. 3.92, of Scyrus 9.668, of Tenedos 11.625, of Thebe “Ζ 415, Ι” 188. cf. Nestor's words, “ξὺν νηυσὶν ἐπ̓ ἠεροειδέα πόντον” “πλαζόμενοι κατὰ ληίδ̓, ὅπῃ ἄρξειεν Ἀχιλλεύς γ” 105 f. . . . wandering for booty wherever Achilles led. The gen. depends upon the following prep. in composition.ἐξεπράθομεν: equiv. to “ἐξείλομεν πέρσαντες”. δέδασται: the tense marks that the matter has been settled and is not to be reconsidered.
