[412] The first hemistich is found also 3.298.—The different attributes are given without conjunctions, see § 2 l.—For the most freq. form of invocation of Zeus, see 3.276.—The elated tone of the prayer, results from the king's infatuation by the dream, cf. vs. 37 ff.
κελαινεφές: (for “κελαινονεφες”), since he appears in the dark thunder-cloud. αἰθέρι: cf. 1.44, 195.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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