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[263] Cf. Od. 6.57 “παππα φίλ̓, οὐκ ἂν δή μοι ἐφοπλίσσειας ἀπήνην”; The very different tone expressed here by the same construction shews how rash it is to put down certain formulae as ‘polite’ or ‘hesitating’ requests; such a connotation belongs to the context rather than the words.

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

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