[64] ὅς κ̓ εἴποι: potential opt. in final sense, since the end aimed at is considered as a possible result of the principal action (“ἐρείομεν”), cf. “Η 342, Ω” 149.
ὅτι: wherefore. τόσσον ἐχώσατο: conceived such heavy anger; inceptive aor. τόσσον: for the doubled “ς”, see § 12 a. Ἀπόλλων: Achilles assumes that the pestilence was sent by the god of health and disease.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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