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[384] κατά, down upon, like the wave descending on the ship. Compare note on 7.737. “ ἔβαινον ” seems to be used of the footmen as distinct from the charioteers of the next line. But the phraseology of the whole passage is rather awkward; “μάχοντο” in 385 is first used of the Trojans only, and is extended to the Greeks in 387 by an afterthought.

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

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