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[305] δίδου, by the side of δῶκε, marks the second gift as simultaneous with the first; see H. G. § 71. 1. According to the later legends, both these gifts proved ill-omened to the recipients, Hector being dragged behind the chariot of Achilles by the belt of Aias, who in turn slew himself with the sword of Hector; for “ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμα”, Soph. Aj. 665, referring to this passage (cf. ibid. 1029).

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

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