[148] λάβρος ἐπαιγίζων: violently dashing upon it; “λάβρος” is pred., see § 38 a.
ἐπί τε: and thereupon, i.e. as Zephyrus descends. ἠμύει: sc. “λήιον”, an independent addition to the picture, without direct relation to the comparison, cf. v. 210; see § 2 e. The const. of the dependent sent. is abandoned.—cf. ‘With ported spears, as thick as when a field | Of Ceres ripe for harvest waving bends | Her bearded grove of ears, which way the wind | Sways them.’ Milton Par. Lost iv. 980 ff.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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