Thomas D. Seymour, Commentary on Homer's Iliad, Books I-III

[356] 356 = v. 590.

τίσασθαι: chiastic with “κατακοιμηθῆναι”, with which it is coincident. The Trojans shall be repaid, like for like.—“Ἑλένης ὁρμήματα κτλ”.: the longings and sighs of Helen, i.e. those which she felt and uttered. The poet attributes to Nestor a knowledge of Helen's repentance (see on 3.173) and earnest longing to return to Greece (see 3.139 f., and Helen's words “ἤδη μοι κραδίη τέτραπτο νέεσθαι ι ἂψ οἰκόνδ̓, ἄτην δὲ μετέστενον, ἣν Ἀφροδίτη ι δῶχ̓, ὅτε μ̓ ἤγαγ̓ ἐκεῖσε φίλης ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης δ” 260 ff.). Paris is everywhere in Homer held chiefly responsible for Helen's fault, although she followed him willingly; no unattractive picture of her is presented. Vergil (Aen. vi. 511 ff.) represents Helen in a much more unpleasant light.