[567] Doubtless, as the commentators have seen, from Il. 23. 454, where the leader of Diomed's chariot is described ὃς τὸ μὲν ἄλλο τόσον φοίνιξ ἦν, ἐν δὲ μετώπῳ Λευκὸν σῆμ᾽ ἐτέτυκτο περίτροχον ἠΰτε μήνη.
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