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[367] βίηφι seems to be a pure gen., ‘the breath of H.'s might.’ The order of words is against translating ‘H.'s breath wore him down perforce.’ See note on “Ἰλιόφι”, 295.

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

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