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[122] For the force of αἰδῶ καὶ νέμεσιν compare “ϝέμεσίν τε καὶ αἴσχεα πόλλ᾽ ἀνθρώπων,” 6.351. So 15.561 “αἰδῶ θέσθ᾽ ἐνὶ θυμῶι”. The force of νέμεσις is shewn by Od. 2.136 “νέμεσις δέ μοι ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἔσσεται”, and Od. 22.40. The word is ‘objective,’ expressing the indignation felt by other men. αἰδώς, on the other hand, is subjective, the shame felt by the offender. This is clear from the participle “αἰδομένων” following “αἰδῶ” in 15.563. The whole phrase thus, unlike 6.351, expresses both sides of the consequences of cowardice. Cf. Schol. B “τήν τε κοινὴν αἰσχύνην καὶ τὴν ἐξ ἄλλων προσγινομένην μέμψιν”.

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

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