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[385] This formal line is found elsewhere only in monologues introduced by the phrase “εἶπε πρὸς ὃν μεγαλήτορα θυμόν”, and is very unsuitable to the present context. Heyne thinks that the passage is of importance, as reconciling the obvious duty of Achilles to follow up his success with the economy of the poem, which requires that he should not assault the city. This is precisely the view of the tactical interpolator. It does not follow that the original poet troubled himself much about Achilles' duty as general.

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

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