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[205] χρυσήνιος is used only here of Artemis, Od. 8.285 of Ares (in Soph. O. C. 693 of Aphrodite, and of Hades in Pindar, according to Pausanias ix. 23. 4). But neither Artemis nor Ares (except in 5.356) is ever represented by Homer as driving a chariot. We can only say of this, as of so many divine epithets, that the exact significance is doubtful. “χρυσάορος” used of Apollo and “κλυτόπωλος” of Hades (5.509, 654) are similar problems. For Artemis as the bringer of sudden death to women cf. 428, 19.59, Od. 11.172, 199, etc. The Lykian system of descent was through the mother (Herod.i. 173); hence Sarpedon as son of the daughter inherits the kingdom, not Glaukos.

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

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