[89] κάλ̓: for the accent of the ultima (“καλά”) thrown back upon the preceding syllable, cf. v. 192, 1.105; see § 10 d.
ἀποθέσθαι: i.e. they were to be mere spectators. ἐπὶ χθονί: for the dat. of rest, cf. 1.593. 90-94 = vs. 69-73, with necessary changes. αὐτόν: intensive, himself. “αὐτὸς βούλεται” would be natural here, but the acc. is used, correlative with “ἄλλους μέν” above. 92 = v. 71. — Transition to direct disc., see § 1 c. 95 = “Η 92, 398, Θ 28, Ι 29, 430, 693, Κ 218, 313, Ψ 676, θ 234, λ 333, ν 1, π 393, υ 320. — ἀκήν”: equiv. to “ἀκέων Α” 34; originally a cognate acc. with “ἐγένοντο”, cf. § 38 c. σιωπῇ: dat. of manner, equiv. to “σιωπῶντες”. — cf. dixerat Aeneas, illi obstupuere silentes Verg. Aen. xi. 120, tenuere silentia cuncti Ovid Met. i. 206.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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