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[404] τ̂ηι, we must supply hit him from “οὐδ᾽ ἀφάμαρτεν”. The point indicated must be the middle of the breast where the baldricks crossed, that of the sword lying over the right shoulder, that of the shield over the left. Cf. Herod.i. 171 “τελαμῶσι σκυτίνοισι οἰηκίζοντες” (“τὰς ἀσπίδας”) “περὶ τοῖσι αὐχέσι τε καὶ τοῖσι ἀριστεροῖσι ὤμοισι περικείμενοι” (Reichel p. 32). It is clear that Aias cannot have been wearing a breastplate (see 406), as was noted indeed by some ancient critics (ap. Schol. T).

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

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