Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), Book 24 (Ω）, line 551

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[551] πρὶν . . πάθηισθα, ere that, some other fate shall come on thee, i.e. thou wilt sooner die thyself than raise him from the dead. This is of course not to be taken as a threat on Achilles' part, as some have thought. For καί van L. reads “κεν”. For the asyndeton with “πρίν” cf. 1.29.

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

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