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[352] We have not been told that Hector has mounted his chariot; indeed “μακρὰ βιβάς” in 307 implies that he was then on foot, though a chariot advance is indicated in 258-61, and in 14.429-31 Hector is carried to his chariot, evidently in anticipation of its use when he recovers. But the merely temporary use of the car is so essential to Homeric tactics that these changes are a matter of course. See on 8.348, 20.498. κατωμαδόν, lit. down from the shoulder, i.e. with the full swing of his arm, as we bowl ‘from the shoulder.’ So 23.431δίσκου οὖρα κατωμαδίοιο”.

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