[393] παιδὸς ἑῆος: thy valiant son. For “ἑῆος”, see § 20 e. It seems part of the poet's naïveté that the heroes apply such epiths. to themselves; but the phrase is part of the poet's stock, and he hardly thinks whether he is applying the epith. himself or is putting it in the hero's mouth.
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