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[419] ἐερσ´ηεις, fresh, cf. roscidus; he is not parched by the sun, because Apollo has spread a mist over him. So also 757. αἶμα is best taken as an acc. of the ‘external object,’ he is washed of blood; cf. Od. 6.224 “χρόα νίζετο δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς ἅλμην,” 17.667 “κελαινεφὲς αἷμα κάθηρον . . Σαρπηδόνα,” 18.345 “Πάτροκλον λούσειαν ἄπο βρότον αἱματόεντα”, and note on 21.122.

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

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