[355] There are several comparisons of men to wolves in Hom., in two of which (Il. 11. 72., 16. 156) the words λύκοι ὡς occur at the end of a line; but the circumstances of the simile are rather from the comparison of Ulysses and Diomede to lions sallying out διὰ νύκτα μέλαιναν Ἂμ φόνον, ἂν νέκυας, διά τ᾽ ἔντεα καὶ μέλαν αἷμα (Il. 10. 297).
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