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[780] ὑπὲρ αἶσαν, beyond measure, i.e. beyond expectation; cf. 3.59. The phrase is to be distinguished from “ὑπὲρ Διὸς αἶσαν” 17.321, “ὑπὲρ μοῖραν” 20.336, “ὑπὲρ μόρον” 20.30, 21.517, “ὑπέρμορα” 2.155 (where see note). These all mean ‘contrary to destiny,’ but they are never used of anything which is actually said to have happened; they are applied either to the future or to unrealized possibilities in the past. 6.487 is the only passage where “ὑπὲρ αἶσαν” seems to be used for “ὑπὲρ Διὸς αἶσαν”.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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