[153] οὐρούς: the trenches, the later “ὁλκοί”, by which the ships were drawn from the sea upon the land, and from the land into the sea, cf. 1.308.
ἐξεκάθαιρον: some had not been used for a long time and had become filled with sand.—“ἀυτὴ κτλ”.: as 12.338, 14.60, cf. “τῶν ὕβρις τε βίη τε σιδήρεον οὺρανὸν ἵκει ο 329, καί μευ κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει ι” 20.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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