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[658] τάλαντα, see 8.69. Here the word practically means little more than will. The backward and forward movement of the battle, which Hector perceives, answers to the fluctuations of Zeus' will, which themselves are typified by the figure of a balance swinging up and down.

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

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