[70] συμβάλετε: bring together, cf. “ξυνέηκε Α 8, ὣς τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους μάκαρες θεοὶ ... σύμβαλον Υ” 54 f. The pl. is used, since the consent of the Achaeans also was necessary for the single combat.
κτήμασι πᾶσι: i.e. those which Paris carried away with Helen from the house of Menelaus; cf. v. 282, 7.350, (363, 389), “Ν 626, Χ” 114 ff., in all of which cases ‘Helen and her treasures’ are united in thought. μάχεσθαι: as A 8. 71 = v. 92, Od. 18.46. νικήσῃ: shall gain the victory; as fut. perf.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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