[486] “ὑψοῦ κτλ”.: i.e. so as to rest high on the sands, where it was before, cf. v. 308.
ὑπὸ δέ: adv., beneath, i.e. under the ship. ἕρματα: as 2.154, props (sometimes stones, 14.410), which were put along the keel on either side to hold the boat steady.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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