[417] χαλκῷ: bronze, i.e. sword; see on 1.236. So “χαλκός” is sometimes used for armor, as v. 578, “χαλκὸν ζώννυσθαι Ψ” 130.
πολέες . . . ἑταῖροι: as 8.537.—“πολέες: πολλοί”, see § 20 f. ἀμφ̓ αὐτόν: about himself, as the chief personage.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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