[348] Vs. 348-430. Achilles tells his grief to his mother. She promises to secure satisfaction for him from Zeus.
ἀέκουσα: this indicates that she was more than a mere “γέρας” to Achilles, and that his anger arose not simply from the insult offered to his dignity but also from wounded love; cf. 9.343 f. In 19.287 ff., she mourns bitterly for the dead Patroclus on her return to the tent of Achilles. γυνή: explanatory appos. with “ἡ”. — The scene ends at the bucolic diaeresis (§ 40 h), cf. vs. 318, 430. “αὐτὰρ Ἀχιλλεύς” is thus used 17 times in the Iliad in the last two feet of the verse, to mark a transition, while “αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεύς” is thus used 27 times in the Odyssey. — “αὐτὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς κτλ”.: simple description of the effect which the loss of Briseis had upon the hero, without depicting his feelings in modern fashion.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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