[336] Vs. 336-393. Nestor's speech and Agamemnon's reply.
καί: also, with reference to the preceding speakers. Γερήνιος: so called from the Messenian town where Nestor was bred and which was his place of refuge when Heracles sacked Pylos.—“ἱππότα: ἱππότης, ἱππεύς”, knight; but he was not mounted on horseback like the latter “ἱππῆς”.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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