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[342] τὴν αὐτοῦ, sc. “ἄλοχον”. A very rare use of the article in H. Cf. 23.348, 376, Od. 22.221. τήν has doubtless supplanted an earlier “ἥν” (App. A). αὐτοῦ would be “αὑτοῦ” in later Greek, and so Ptolemy of Askalon read here; but the compound reflexive pronouns are not known to H. δουρικτητήν is evidently used to contrast Briseis with the “ἄλοχοι” of the Atreidai.

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