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[517] The front of the wheel of the Greek chariot is represented as either in line with the front of the car or a little in advance of it; see the illustrations in Helbig, H. E. ch. ix. He concludes from this passage, in connexion with 2.390, 22.22, that one-horse chariots were known to H. (H. E. p. 128); but the words do not require this inference.

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

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