[298] “δηρὸν κτλ”.: equiv. to “δηρὸν μείναντα κενεὸν νέ εσθαι”.
κενεόν: empty, i.e. empty-handed, without the booty gained from sacked Troy; cf. the words of Agamemnon, when after Menelaus has been wounded he supposes some Trojan to say “καὶ δὴ ἔβη οἰκόνδε φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν ι σὺν κεινῇσιν” (empty) “νηυσί Δ” 180 f.; “οἴκαδε νισσόμεθα” (sc. the comrades of Odysseus) “κενεὰς σὺν χεῖρας ἔχοντες κ” 42.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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