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[390] ἐπίρροθος, lit. coming with shouts (to the rescue), is found only here and 23.770 in H., and acc. to van L. is a mistake due to non-recognition of the fact that “-οι” of pronouns can be elided. He reads “τοίη ϝ᾽” (“οι”) “ἐπιτάρροθος” here, and so “μ᾽” (“οι”) in “Ψ. ἐπίρροθος” is, however, as old as Hes. (Hes. Op. 560) and Aisch. Sept. 368, and can therefore hardly be doubted. The difficulty is rather with “ἐπιτάρροθος”, for which see 5.808. In Soph. Ant. 413 “ἐπίρροθος” is used in a completely different sense (abusive).

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

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    • Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 368
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 560
    • Homer, Iliad, 23.770
    • Homer, Iliad, 5.808
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 413
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