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[599] Bentley's “γέλος” for γέλως is no doubt right here, and similar forms should be restored in other passages, and so with “ἔρος”. The only cases found are dat. “γέλωι” Od. 18.100, acc. “γέλω” or “γέλων” (read “γέλον”) Od. 18.350, Od. 20.8, 346. For “ἔρως” see note on 3.442. From this passage comes the phrase ‘Homeric laughter.’

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

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