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[152] The παρ́ηορος recurs in H. only in 8.87, which is probably a late passage (see note there). Some critics have proposed to reject 152-54 and 462-76 where Pedasos again occurs, on the ground that the third horse is not Homeric. But there are considerable difficulties respecting the excision of the latter passage (see note on 467), and the fact that the practice is only once mentioned is a matter of small weight. The use of the “παρήορος” was perhaps to kick and bite rather than to draw; he would also be a reserve if a yoke-horse were killed. See Helbig H. E. 129.

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

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