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[89] βοτρυδόν naturally reminds us of the settling of a new swarm of bees, hanging down in a solid mass like a bunch of grapes. But “ἄνθεσιν” rather indicates that no more is meant than the thronging of them upon the flowers in the eager search for honey.

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

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