[286] τιμην. equiv. to “ποινήν” recompense; cf. 1.159.
ἥν τινα: sc. “ἀποτινέμεν”. 287 = v. 460. καί: also; const. with “ἐσσομένοισιν. — πέληται”: shall be. This is strictly a final clause. — This exemplary penalty was to serve as a precedent in later times and warn men against committing such deeds.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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