[327] For the ‘asyndeton,’ cf. 89.
Πετεῶο: for “Πετεάοο”. See § 17 c. Μενεσθγ̂α: this Athenian leader was said to be the best “κοσμῆσαι” (marshal) “ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας ἀσπιδιώτας, Β” 554, but he and the Athenians have no prominence in the action of the Iliad.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books IV-VI. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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