[135] δοῦρα: timbers, as “δόρυ νήιον ι” 384; for the form, see § 18 f.
σπάρτα: ropes, cables, of reeds or rushes. The ship's ropes in Od. 2.426 were of oxhide; a ship's cable at the home of Odysseus, Od. 21.391, was made of papyrus. λέλυνται: plural verb with neut. subj., as v. 36, although “δοῦρα σέσηπε” has preceded.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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