[299] ἀφέλεσθε: the aor. assumes that Agamemnon's threat has been executed, and the 2d pers. holds the Achaeans responsible because of their acquiescence (cf. v. 231).
δόντες: ye who gave; cf. Achilles's words, “γέρας δέ μοι ὅς περ ἔδωκεν ι αὐτὸς ἐφυβρίζων ἑλετο κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων Ι” 367 f.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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