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[177] σκολόπεσσι are explained (a) as poles, to carry the head about — but the plur. is against this; (b) the palisades of the Greek foss, H 441, I 350 — but to fix it there would be equivalent to surrendering it to the Greeks; (c) palisades along the top of the Trojan wall. Though these are not mentioned elsewhere, their existence may fairly be concluded from the fact that the wall of the model town of Phaiakia is described as having them, Od. 7.45 “τείχεα μακρά, ὑψηλά, σκολόπεσσιν ἀρηρότα”.

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

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