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[79] The picture is consistent with the supposition that the original “μάχη ἐπὶ ταῖς ναυσίν” was comparatively brief and knew nothing of the wall; only the foremost ranks of the Trojans are fighting at the ships, the mass of them still cover the plain.

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

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