[16] Ἀτρεΐδα δύω: for “δύω” with the dual, cf. “Αἴαντε δύω Β 406, Γ 18, λέοντε δύω, Ε” 554. This dual form is infrequent. Menelaus, king of Sparta (2.586), as husband of Helen, is associated with his brother Agamemnon; cf. “Β 408, Κ” 25 ff., “Ἀχαιῶν δίθρονον κράτος” Aesch. Ag. 108, “δικρατεῖς Ἀτρεῖδαι” Soph. Aj. 252.
κοσμήτορε: “κοσμέω” is used in the sense of the later “τάσσω”, cf. “Β 554, Γ” 1, § 2 v.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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