previous next

[760] περί τ᾽ ἀμφί τε, around the circuit, and on both sides, of the trench. The distinction, however, cannot be pushed too far, as it may be regarded merely as an instance of the compound prepositions which are not uncommon in H., e.g. “ἀμφὶ περί” 21.10. See H. G. § 227. The couplet seems out of place here, as the fight never crosses the trench, and indeed does not approach it before 18.150. It is perhaps only a tag to round off the end of a rhapsody in recitation.

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

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide References (2 total)
  • Commentary references from this page (2):
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: