Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), Book 10 (Κ）, line 5

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[5] The simile is so confused as to be practically unintelligible. From 9 it would seem that the frequency of Agamemnon's groans is compared to the frequency of flashes of lightning — a singularly pointless comparison. It would perhaps be possible to take ἀστράπτηι as implying thunder, so that Agamemnon is made to groan like a thunderstorm; but this is turgid and tasteless. ἠύκομος is nowhere else applied to Hera.

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

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