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[328] ἐλέτην is applied to “δίφρον” and “ἀνέρε” by a sort of zeugma: captured the chariot and slew the warriors; the verb suits both clauses, but in slightly different senses. The latter is the regular use of “αἱρέω” in battle-scenes, the notion of catching, capturing passing into that of overcoming, and that again into slaying. See Jebb on Soph. Trach. 352 “Εὔρυτόν θ᾽ ἕλοι, τήν θ᾽ ὑψίπυργον Οἰχαλίαν. δήμου ἀρίστω”, chiefs in their local community, Apaisos, as we see from 2.828-34 (“δῆμον Ἀπαισοῦ”), where their names, Adrestos and Amphios, are given, and 329-32 are repeated.

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

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