[597] 597-98. “ἀθετοῦνται οἱ δύο, ὅτι οὐδέποτε μάχαιραν εἶπε τὸ ξίφος. ἄλλως τε καὶ οὐ πρέπον χορεύοντας μαχαίρας ἔχειν. οὗτοι δὲ οὐδὲ παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει ἦσαν”, Neither An.of these arguments carries weight. When the poet says knives (daggers) there is no reason why he should mean swords; and where dances are an acting of war-scenes (see the quot. from Lucian above) the carrying of arms is essential to them.
Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:
book:
Book 1 (
Α
）
Book 2 (
Β
）
Book 3 (
Γ
）
Book 4 (
Δ
）
Book 5 (
Ε
）
Book 6 (
Ζ
）
Book 7 (
Η
）
Book 8 (
Θ
）
Book 9 (
Ι
）
Book 10 (
Κ
）
Book 11 (
Λ
）
Book 12 (
Μ
）
Book 13 (
Ν
）
Book 14 (
Ξ
）
Book 15 (
Ο
）
Book 16 (
Π
）
Book 17 (
Ρ
）
Book 18 (
Σ
）
Book 19 (
Τ
）
Book 20 (
Υ
）
Book 21 (
Φ
）
Book 22 (
Χ
）
Book 23 (
Ψ
）
Book 24 (
Ω
）
commline:
lines 1-2lines 3-3lines 4-4lines 5-7lines 8-9lines 10-12lines 13-13lines 14-18lines 19-24lines 25-25lines 26-28lines 29-33lines 34-35lines 36-38lines 39-49lines 50-53lines 54-54lines 55-55lines 56-56lines 57-57lines 58-59lines 60-62lines 63-67lines 68-71lines 72-72lines 73-76lines 77-79lines 80-82lines 83-87lines 88-90lines 91-91lines 92-92lines 93-94lines 95-97lines 98-99lines 100-100lines 101-103lines 104-104lines 105-106lines 107-108lines 109-109lines 110-111lines 112-114lines 115-116lines 117-119lines 120-120lines 121-121lines 122-122lines 123-123lines 124-124lines 125-127lines 128-133lines 134-135lines 136-137lines 138-140lines 141-141lines 142-143lines 144-150lines 151-153lines 154-160lines 161-166lines 167-167lines 168-169lines 170-170lines 171-171lines 172-174lines 175-176lines 177-177lines 178-179lines 180-181lines 182-187lines 188-190lines 191-191lines 192-192lines 193-193lines 194-197lines 198-199lines 200-203lines 204-205lines 206-206lines 207-208lines 209-210lines 211-212lines 213-214lines 215-217lines 218-218lines 219-219lines 220-221lines 222-223lines 224-224lines 225-229lines 230-237lines 238-239lines 240-243lines 244-244lines 245-245lines 246-246lines 247-247lines 248-249lines 250-250lines 251-253lines 254-256lines 257-257lines 258-258lines 259-261lines 262-263lines 264-264lines 265-265lines 266-269lines 270-271lines 272-273lines 274-274lines 275-275lines 276-276lines 277-280lines 281-281lines 282-283lines 284-286lines 287-287lines 288-291lines 292-293lines 294-294lines 295-298lines 299-299lines 300-300lines 301-302lines 303-305lines 306-307lines 308-308lines 309-310lines 311-311lines 312-315lines 316-316lines 317-317lines 318-318lines 319-319lines 320-320lines 321-321lines 322-323lines 324-325lines 326-328lines 329-334lines 335-335lines 336-337lines 338-340lines 341-343lines 344-346lines 347-347lines 348-350lines 351-355lines 356-356lines 357-357lines 358-361lines 362-366lines 367-369lines 370-370lines 371-371lines 372-372lines 373-373lines 374-375lines 376-377lines 378-380lines 381-381lines 382-384lines 385-385lines 386-391lines 392-394lines 395-396lines 397-397lines 398-398lines 399-399lines 400-400lines 401-401lines 402-404lines 405-406lines 407-409lines 410-410lines 411-417lines 418-420lines 421-422lines 423-428lines 429-433lines 434-434lines 435-435lines 436-445lines 446-452lines 453-456lines 457-457lines 458-459lines 460-463lines 464-465lines 466-468lines 469-469lines 470-470lines 471-471lines 472-472lines 473-474lines 475-475lines 476-476lines 477-477lines 478-478lines 479-479lines 480-480lines 481-482lines 483-484lines 485-485lines 486-486lines 487-487lines 488-488lines 489-490lines 491-491lines 492-492lines 493-494lines 495-496lines 497-498lines 499-499lines 500-500lines 501-501lines 502-502lines 503-503lines 504-504lines 505-505lines 506-506lines 507-509lines 510-510lines 511-511lines 512-512lines 513-514lines 515-515lines 516-518lines 519-519lines 520-521lines 522-522lines 523-524lines 525-525lines 526-526lines 527-527lines 528-529lines 530-530lines 531-532lines 533-534lines 535-535lines 536-536lines 537-538lines 539-540lines 541-543lines 544-544lines 545-547lines 548-549lines 550-550lines 551-551lines 552-559lines 560-562lines 563-563lines 564-564lines 565-565lines 566-566lines 567-569lines 570-570lines 571-571lines 572-572lines 573-574lines 575-575lines 576-579lines 580-580lines 581-582lines 583-583lines 584-584lines 585-586lines 587-589lines 590-590lines 591-591lines 592-592lines 593-594lines 595-595lines 596-596lines 597-599lines 600-600lines 601-603lines 604-607lines 608-609lines 610-612lines 613-613lines 614ff.
This text is part of:
Table of Contents:
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.
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.