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[460] μηρούς, the thigh bones with the flesh adhering. These are covered with a layer of fat doubled over them, and pieces of flesh from other parts of the body are laid upon them (“ὠμοθετεῖν”, from “ὠμός”, cf. Od. 14.427) in order to symbolise an offering of the whole animal. μῆρα in 464 seems to be identical with “μηρούς”, but, like the commoner “μηρία”, is only used in the sacrificial sense; so 2.427, Od. 3.179, Od. 12.364, Od. 13.26.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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