[198] αἰΝόν: the significance of a name is Homeric; cf. the well-known instance of “Ὀδυσσεύς” explained by “ὀδύσσομαι, α 62, τ” 407-9. The connexion of “Ἀχιλλεύς” with “ἄχος” (“Ἰλίου” or “λαοῦ”) is not in Homer, but is given by the schol. on Il. 1.1. For heroic etymologies in tragedy see the comm. on I. T. 32, and cf. Aristophanes' excellent parody (fr. 357) “Θόας βραδύτατος ὢν ἐν ἀνθρώποις δραμεῖν”.
The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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