[272] Henry seems right in restoring the old punctuation, so as to make ‘ut quondam’ parenthetical, instead of connecting it with ‘raptatus bigis.’ Hector appears ‘raptatus,’ having been dragged, i. e. torn by dragging, disfigured with dust, and with his feet bored. So in 1. 483 the body, when ransomed by Priam, is represented as in a mangled state, as the difference between the tenses shows. ‘Ater’ may refer to the blood as well as to the dust, 3. 33. The dust is from Il. 22. 401 foll. τοῦ δ᾽ ἦν ἑλκομένοιο κονίσσαλος, ἀμφὶ δὲ χαῖται Κυάνεαι πίλναντο, κάρη δ᾽ ἅπαν ἐν κονίῃσι Κεῖτο, πάρος χαρίεν.
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