[322] ἔρχεσθον: here followed by the acc. of limit of motion, without a prep.; see § 3 i. This const. is freq. with “ἵκω, ἱκάνω, ἱκνέομαι”, but rare with “βαίνω, εἶμι, ἔρχομαι”. — Agamemnon does not go in person (“αὺτός” v. 185) since Achilles had declared (v. 298) that he would make no resistance.
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