[515] ἀπόειπε: speak out plainly, as Od. 1.373; refuse is implied in the context.
ἔπι: i.e. “ἔπεστι”, § 37 c. — “Thou hast nothing to fear.” ὄφῤ ἐὺ εἰδῶ: cf. v. 185. 517 = “Δ 30, Η” 454. — The first hemistich as “Θ 208, Ο 184, Σ” 97; cf. “Π 48, Ρ 18, Τ 419, Χ 14, δ 30, 332, ο” 325. The second hemistich is found 23 times in Homer. ὀχθήσας: inceptive, see on v. 92; but not so violent as “falling into a passion,” or “bursting into a rage.”This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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