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[283] Aristotle (Schol. T ap.) called this line “δεινότατον τῶν ἐπῶν Ὁμήρου”. One would expect it to mean that the Trojans took to flight, as in 14.507 ff.; here however they hold their ground for a time.

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

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