[115] δυσκλέα: emphatic position. The hiatus may be explained as weak (§ 9 d), “α_” losing half its quantity (but see § 18 l).—“πολὺν κτλ”.: sc. in battle and in the plague.
116 = 14.69, cf. 13.226. μέλλει: is about to be, doubtless is, cf. “Α 564, μέλλεν μέν ποτε οἶκος ὅδ̓ ἀφνειὸς καὶ ἀμύμων ι ἔμμεναι α” 232 f. doubtless this house was etc.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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