previous next

[292] 292-4 = Od. 3.382-384, to which place only they probably belonged originally. The tools for gilding the horns of the sacrifice are there described (432-8). See Helbig H. E. p. 267, who points out that the process consisted in beating gold into thin leaves and laying these round the horns — not in anything like casting the gold. Cf. also Od. 6.232. For ἤνιν see on 6.94. The usual accentuation “ἦνιν” must be wrong, as the word could not stand here unless the last vowel were long by nature. Sitzler would read “ἤνιδα” here and “ἤνιδας” in Z; but cf. H. G. § 116. 3, and note on 11.36.

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

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide References (2 total)
  • Commentary references from this page (2):
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: