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[394] On ὡς ὅτε without a finite verb see L. Lange EI pp. 134, 234, where it is compared with the similar use of “ὡς εἰ” in similes. He argues that there is no need to supply any ellipse; the “ὅτε” is really indef., ‘as on a time,’ and is, strictly speaking, superfluous. It seems more likely, however, that there is an unconscious ellipse; see M. and T. § 475. The construction recurs 4.462, 12.132, 13.471, 571, 15.362, 679, 16.406, 18.219, 23.712, Od. 5.281, Od. 11.368, Od. 19.494. For the simile itself cf. 144 and 209.

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

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