[293] ἦ γάρ: he gives at once the reason for his course.
καλεοίμην: should be called, i.e. should be; cf. “Β 260, Γ 138, αἲ γὰρ ἐμοὶ τοιόσδε πόσις κεκλημένος εἴη ζ” 244 would that such a man might be (called) my husband, “ἐμὴ γυνὴ μόνη κεκλήσει” Eur. Alc. 329 f. thou alone shalt be (called) my wife.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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