[848] Πυραίχμης: (with lance of fire), slain by Patroclus, 16.287 ff. Elsewhere “Ἀστεροπαῖος” (the man of lightning) is named as leader of the Paeonians, as “Π 351. — Παίονας”: akin to the Trojans; cf. “εἴη δὲ ἡ Παιωνίη ἐπὶ τῷ Στρυμόνι ποταμῷ πεπολισμένη, ... εἴησαν δὲ Τευκρῶν τῶν ἐκ Τροίης ἄποικοι” Hdt. v. 13.
ἀγκυλοτόξους: as 10.428 (also of the Paeonians), cf. “Μήδειοι ἀγκυλότοξοι” Pind. Pyth. i. 78; “ἀγκύλα τόξα Ε” 209. Elsewhere the Paeonians are called “ἱπποκορυσταί” (21.205) or “δολιχεγχέες” (21.155).This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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