[493] This verse promises something different from v. 487.
ἀρχοὺς αὖ: in contrast with “πληθύν” v. 488. προπάσας: all together; as the poet adds a statement of the number of the ships to the names of the leaders of each people.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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