[234] “ἀρχὸν ἐόντα κτλ”.: that one who is a leader etc., i.e. that thou who art their leader.
κακῶν ἐπιβασκέμεν: bring into misfortune, cf. “ἐυκλείης ἐπίβησον Θ” 285 bring to honor. Reference to the pestilence and the alienation of Achilles.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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