[338] ἄγειν: final inf., cf. “μάχεσθαι” v. 8, “ἀγέμεν” v. 443, “Β 477, Γ 117. — τὼ δ̓ αὐτώ”: these two themselves. The very men who executed the unjust order are to be witnesses of its injustice and of Achilles's justification in withdrawing from active service.
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