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[516] οἱ δέ, the sortie-party on the way to the ambush. For the mention of Ares and Athene, the only distinctively Hellenic touch in the shield, see App. I, § 16. The sing. Ἦρχε with two subjects emphasizes the unity of command; cf. 7.386ἠνώγει Πρίαμός τε καὶ ἄλλοι Τρῶες ἀγαυοί,1.255 κεν γηθήσαι Πρίαμος Πριάμοιό τε παῖδες”, and note on 16.849.

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