[152] γάρ: the reasons for the preceding question (which is equiv. to a neg. assertion) continue through v. 162. “Thou dost repay with base ingratitude us who are fighting not for our own cause but only for thee.”
ἐγώ: sudden transition from the indef. “τὶς” of v. 150; cf. “ἐπεὶ οὔ τινα δείδιμεν ἔμπης”, “οὔτ̓ οὖν Τηλέμαχον μάλα περ πολύμυθον ἐόντα β” 199 f.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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