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[393] 393-94. One MS. (Vr. A) notes in the margin “οὗτος ἐστὶν ὁ παιάν”, these lines give the actual song which Achilles puts into the mouth of his men — an ingenious observation which has been widely accepted. Ar. athetized the lines “ὅτι παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν Ἀχιλλέως οἱ λόγοι”, i.e. they are too boastful to be dignified. This is hardly true in any case: if Achilles puts the words into the mouths of the Greeks, the objection loses all force. For ἠράμεθα we should read “ἠρόμεθα” (Brandreth); the regular phrase is “κῦδος ἀρέσθαι”.

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

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