[766] ὀδύνῃσι κτλ.: cf. 397. — Athena as goddess of war was the special rival of Ares. cf. 430. She was mightier than he. cf. 853 ff., 21.391 ff.
767 = “Θ 381, Ξ 277, Ο” 78; cf. 719. 768 = 11.519; cf. 366. 769 = 8.46. — cf. terras inter caelumque volabat Verg. Aen. iv. 256. ἀστερόεντος: for the standing epithet, see § 1 p.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books IV-VI. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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