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[508] The following passage is probably a later addition. The appeal to the Muses is out of place, as there is no great crisis, but only a temporary reflux of the tide of battle (cf. 11.218). The allusion to the agency of Poseidon refers to 383-401, a decidedly late passage. The turning of the battle took place really with the wounding of Hector, and since then many “ἀνδράγρια” have been won. The phrase ἀνδράγρια, spoils of heroes, is unique; hence “τινὲς” (not, apparently, including Ar.) “ἀθετοῦσι διὰ τὸ ξένον τῆς λέξεως καὶ μὴ κείμενον ἀλλαχοῦ”. (Those who athetized 509 must equally have condemned the preceding and following lines; and this with “δέ” for “ῥα” in 511 might suffice to save the rest of the passage). The analogous words are “βοάγρια” (12.22, q. v.), “ζωάγρια” (18.407), “μοιχάγρια” (Od. 8.332), but not one of these is exactly parallel.

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