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[528] 528-30 were rejected partly on account of the obvious tautology, partly because of the word Πανέλληνας, which implies the later extension of the name of the Thessalian “Ἕλληνες” to all the Greeks. λινοθώρηξ, which recurs in 830, seems to mean ‘wearing a linen chiton instead of a breastplate.’ Paus. saw such linen ‘breastplates’ at Olympia (vi. 19. 7) and elsewhere (i. 21. 7, with Frazer's note); cf. Alkaios, fr. 15. 5. Iphikrates armed the Athenians with linen instead of metal breastplates to make them more rapid in movement; and this agrees with the character of light infantry and bowmen which is attributed to the Lokrians in 13.714, but is hardly consistent with the praise of Aias the Less as a spearman; in 13.712 he, as a hoplite, is separated from his followers. He does nothing in actual battle to justify the praise in 530.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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