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[236] 236-38 = 1.453-55, q.v. Ar. rejected 237 on the ground that Achilles had not obtained his wish by a prayer of his own, but by the interposition of Thetis; he thus regarded 236 as quite general in its application. This objection, however, seems hypercritical; Thetis had in fact, if not in form, been the bearer of a prayer from Achilles to Zeus (see particularly 18.75); and the large number of borrowed lines which are found in the episode of the restoration of Chryseis (see the Introduction to A) is a strong argument for the genuineness of the line here.

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