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[764] ἐν τείχει, from its antithesis to “νηυσὶν ἔπι πρυμνῆισιν”, evidently means ‘within the walls of Troy,’ whither Deïphobos had been taken (538); but the use of the word is curious in a passage where the Greek wall has been so prominent.

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

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