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[166] δαίμονα δώσω, I will deal thee fate, a strange expression, not elsewhere found. Cf. 9.571 “δόμεν θάνατον”, and the phrase “δαίμονος αἶσα”. Zen. read “πότμον ἐφήσω”, a more likely phrase, but to all appearance a mere conj.; cf. 4.396 “πότμον ἐφῆκε”. Ar. and Aph.athetized 164-6, partly on account of this, partly because they considered the lines ‘poor and unsuited to the characters of the speakers.’ Against this may be set Bergk's remark that the speech of Hector without these lines is very weak and jejune.

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

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