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[502] ἐπ́ηπυον, shouted assent, cf. “ἐπευφήμησαν,” 1.22. The Massaliotic variant “ἐπίπνυον” must be taken as aor. of “ἐπι-πνέϝ-ω” (cf. “ἄμ-πνυ-ε”), in the sense incited, inflamed the quarrel; cf. Aisch. Sept. 343 “μαινόμενος δ᾽ ἐπιπνεῖ . .Ἄρης”, Eur. Phoen. 789Eur. Phoen., 795 and other instances in L. & ς. ἀρωγοί, partisans, as Od. 18.232. If Mass. read “ἀρωγῶι”, we must explain incited a litigant on either side, i.e. either one or other. The “ἀρωγοί” are evidently much the same as the ‘compurgators’ of our old law, the friends and neighbours whom a litigant brought to court nominally to swear to his character, but in fact rather to make an imposing display and overawe if possible the opposite party. Compare 23.574 “ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέροισι δικάσσατε μηδ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀρωγῆι”.

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

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