[140] προτέροιο: Helen was no longer wife of Menelaus; so she says of Agamemnon, “δαὴρ” (husband's brother) “αὖτ̓ ἐμὸς ἔσκε” v. 180, while her “δαέρες, Ω” 769, are Priam's sons.
ἄστεος: used of the native city, as “πόλις”, v. 50. τοκήων: Tyndareüs and Leda were thought of as alive. Tyndareüs is called Helen's father, just as Heracles is called son of Amphitryo, 5.392; this is not inconsistent with vs. 199, 418.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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