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[101] Cf. 1.570. γέλασσε χείλεσιν, a phrase which may be compared with Od. 20.347 “γναθμοῖσι γελώων ἀλλοτρίοισιν”, though the present expression is simpler and more natural; it is notorious that a ‘forced smile’ is far easier for the lips than for the eyes and brow. In the Odyssey the effect aimed at is that of a ghastly and unnatural laugh.

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

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