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[522] παρβεβαώς, standing beside as charioteer, and clearly not in the later sense of “παραβάτης”, ‘fighter.’ It must be remarked that Hector's approach seems to have no effect whatever on the fight; he is not mentioned again, and the retreat of Aias is finally ascribed to Zeus. Hence it is not without reason that many critics reject the present passage (521-43). It contains many unusual expressions, and the following lines recurring elsewhere suggest borrowing: 531 = Od. 5.380, 533 = 17.458, 534-7 = 20.499-502, 540-1 = 264-5.

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

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