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Imitated from Il. ii. 673Νιρεὺς ὃς κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθεν τῶν ἄλλων Δαναῶν”, cf. v. 47. 2 n.

κατήμενος might only mean ‘stationary’, but it seems to have been quite usual to sit down in the ranks; cf. Eurip. Suppl. 357, 664, 674; Plut. Arist. 17.

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