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[247] τιθ́ημεναι, infin. for imper. of 2nd person, as is shown by “λίπησθε”. For the form see 83. Ἀχαιοί may be taken as a voc., or better as a nom. in apposition with the subject of the imper. (“ὑμεῖς”). ἐμεῖο δεύτεροι, behind me. The constr. with gen. is found also in Herod.i. 23 “κιθαρωιδὸν τῶν τότε ἐόντων οὐδενὸς δεύτερον”, and occasionally in later Greek, always in the metaphorical sense, inferior.

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

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