[6] “πέμψαι κτλ”.: in appos. with “ἥδε”, cf. “τὸ μὲν οὐδὲ νόησεν ι μηροῦ ἐξερύσαι δόρυ Ε” 665 f. but he did not think of this —to draw the spear out of his thigh.
οὖλον ὄνειρον: a baneful dream; a deceptive, illusory vision, instead of a kindly dream of warning. cf. (“Ζεὺς”) “ἐξαπατᾷ τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα ὄνειρόν τινα ψευδῆ ἐπιπέμψας, ὡς πολλοὶ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἀποθάνοιεν” Lucian Jup. trag. 40. On the deceitful measures of Zeus, cf. 4.64 ff., where Zeus sends Athene to the Trojan army to incite an archer to wound Menelaus, and break a truce. —Homer elsewhere knows of no dream gods but only individual dreams; cf. 1.63. Not all dreams were thought to be significant. cf. “ἦ τοι μὲν ὄνειροι ἀμήχανοι ἀκριτόμυθοι” (cf. v. 246) | “γίγνοντ̓, οὐδέ τι πάντα τελείεται ἀνθρώποισιν”. | “δοιαὶ γάρ τε πύλαι ἀμενηνῶν εἰσὶν ὀνείρων, κτλ. τ” 560 ff. 7 = 1.201; see note.—For the two accs., one of the person (direct obj.) and the other of the thing (cognate acc.), cf. vs. 22, 59, 156, 1.201.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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