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[135] ἰθὺς φρόνεον, cf. 12.124 “τῆι ῥ᾽ ἰθὺς φρονέων ἵππους ἔχε”, and the phrase “ἰθὺς μεμαώς”. The preceding passage was, according to the pseudo-Plutarchean Life of Homer, chosen by the poet for recitation in the contest in which he defeated Hesiod; which of course only means that the ancients justly admired it. This is clear enough from imitations in later poets, e.g. Tyrtaios fr. 11. 31 “καὶ πόδα πὰρ ποδὶ θεὶς καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος ἀσπίδ᾽ ἐρείσας”, Eur. Her. 836 “ποὺς ἐπαλλαχθεὶς ποδί, ἀνὴρ δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ στάς”, Virgil Aen. x. 361 “haeret pede pes, densusque viro vir” , Furius Antias apud Macrob. Sat. vi. 3. 5 “pressatur pede pes, mucro mucrone, viro vir.”

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

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