[139] ἄξω ἑλών: shall seize and lead away. The return to the principal thought (“ἕλωμαι”) betrays the king's passionate excitement.
κεν κεχολώσεται: he will be angry, I think; the tone is sarcastic. ἵκωμαι: for the hypothetical rel. sent., see G. 233, H. 914 B.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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