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[419] Cf. 16.808, where ἡλικίη = “ὁμηλικίη” in the concrete sense, equals in years. It is best to take it in the same way here, if he may perchance have shame before his equals, may feel disgraced among young men if he does not respect the aged. If we take it to mean my age the next clause becomes purely tautological. “ἤν, εἴ” Brandreth (but see note on 7.39); “αἴ κέ ποθ᾽” van L.

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

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