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[45] The allusion is evidently to the words of Hector in 8.181, 526. It follows that this passage must be as late as “Θ”. Though ποτε thus means only the preceding day, <*> is excusable, as in the poem itself “Θ” is a long way back.

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

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