[658] This episode is intended for the glorification of the Rhodians.
Ἀστυόχεια: “Ἀστυδάμεια” is the name given her by Pindar. βίῃ Ἡρακληείῃ: periphrasis for all cases of “Ἡρακλέης”, which was not suited to the verse; see § 18 m. For the periphrasis, cf. v. 851, 3.105; see § 2 s. — Horace (Carm. i. 3. 36) uses Herculeus labor in another sense.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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