W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), Book 3 (γ）, line 311

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[311] βοὴν ἀγαθός. This is the standing epithet of Menelaus, of whom it is used twenty-five times; and of Diomede, to whom it is applied twenty-one times. It is used exceptionally of Ajax, Il.15. 249; 17.102; of Hector, Il.13. 123; of Polites, Il.24. 250.The Schol. regards “βοή” as equivalent to “μάχη”, like “φύλοπις”; but it is more likely used with reference to the loud marshalling or rallying ‘shout’ of a captain. Cp. Il.8. 91, 92.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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