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[28] κακά, accusative, ‘in apposition to the sentence,’ as it is generally called; i.e. ‘expressing the sum or result of an action’ (H. G. § 136. 4); so l. 207 “ὅν τις ἔβαλεν .. τῶι μὲν κλέος, ἄμμι δὲ πένθος”: 24.735 “ῥίψει χειρὸς ἑλὼν ἀπὸ πύργου, λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον”. The construction is only found after a verb governing an accus. ‘of the external object’ either expressed or implied, and may be regarded as an extension of the construction “ῥέζειν τινά τι”. For “κάμνειν τι” = to make cf. 216, etc. The peculiarity here is that in the principal clause the verb is used intransitively — a sort of zeugma.

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

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