[46] cf. v. 186.
ἄφθιτον αἰεί: ever imperishable, as the work of Hephaestus, and as ever in th<*> possession of the same family, cf. vs. 101 ff.; a symbol of their unending rule. 47 = v. 187. κατὰ νῆας: cf. “κατὰ στρατόν Α 318, κατὰ λαόν” v. 179, “παρὰ νῆας Α” 347; i.e. to the “ἀγορά” which was at the middle of the camp, see on 1.54. Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων: used as gen. of “ἐυκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί” v. 331.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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