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[194] δαιμονίη seems to imply pity for Hekabe in view of the blow which is about to fall; see on 1.561. The usual tone of remonstrance is quite absent here, unless we may suppose that it is assumed in view of the opposition which Priam is sure of meeting.

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

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