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[780] We have two more short similes describing the march to battle, in addition to those of 459 sqq., to be followed by others at the beginning of “Γ.” 780 seems to be an exaggeration of 455, and to refer to light, which is as great as if the whole earth were on fire. The idea is not the same as in 11.596 “μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο. νέμοιτο” is pass. only here. The act. means to deal out or drive to pasture (Od. 9.233); the mid. to feed upon (of fire, 23.177), to inhabit, or to possess (6.195).

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

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