[255]
[265] φιλή-μεναι, § 131.
[266] ἕτερον, ‘either you or I’; cf. E 288, 289.
[268]
παντοίης κτλ., cf. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum:
“Speak not to me of truce, and pledge, and wine!
Remember all thy valour; try thy feints
And cunning!
”
[279] οὐδ᾽ ἄρα πώ τι ... ἠείδης, ‘and after all, it seems, you do not know’ etc. Cf. note on 3.183.
ἦ τοι ἔφης γε, ‘to be sure [or ‘although’] you thought you did.’ Cf. 16.61, 3.215.[281] ἐπίκλοπος ... μύθων, ‘deceitful of speech’; with τις, ‘a man of cunning words.’ You think you can frighten me by your bold speech so that I shall run, as before; and then you may transfix me as I flee; but you shall not (l. 283); I will face you squarely now (l. 284).
[284] ἰθὺς μεμαῶτι (“μοι”), ‘as I press straight on’ to meet you.—“δόρυ” is understood with ἔλασσον.
[285] εἴ τοι ἔδωκε θεός, in ironical reference to ll. 270 f., where Achilles boasts of Athene as his ally.
