[12] θοάς: cf. “νηυσὶ ὠκυπόροισιν” v. 421; a standing epith. of the ships even when they were on shore, § 1 p.
ἐπὶ νῆας: i.e. to the camp, where the ships were drawn up on land, cf. 2.688. — For the position of the prep. between the adj. and noun, cf. v. 15; see § 1 l.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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