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[50] The sentence is interrupted for a time by the explanation of how Achilles recognised Lykaon; it is because he is disarmed, without a helmet or shield. This again is expanded by the independent addition of the clause “οὐδ᾽ ἔχεν ἔγχος”, and 51-52 are a further explanation of how he came to be in this defenceless state. In 53 we have at last the apodosis to 49. The sentence is a good instance of the way in which the Epic narrator, without losing his main idea, lets himself be carried away by the thoughts which suggest themselves as he goes on.

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

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