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[240] Omitted by Zen. and athetized by Ar. as superfluous. It clearly gives the meaning which is meant to lurk in the preceding line; and it is more in the Epic style that this should be openly expressed than left to be understood. Thus if it be rejected 239 should probably go with it; Agamemnon's remarks are then quite general in their application.

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