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[492] ἐνιπή is here, as always, reproof as felt by him to whom it is addressed, cf. 4.402, 14.104, Od. 10.448. Hector is urged to ‘put away from himself,’ silence, the reproach which is laid upon him by the allies. The expression is the converse of Od. 2.86 “μῶμον ἀνάψαι,” 22.100 “ἐλεγχείην ἀναθήσει”. It is therefore quite needless to follow Nauck in reading “ὑποδέχθαι”, ‘accept their rebuke.’ Paley compares Hes. Opp. 762 “φήμη .. ἀργαλέη φέρειν χαλεπὴ δ᾽ ἀποθέσθαι”. Similarly Pind. O. viii. 68 “ἀπεθήκατο .. ἀτιμοτέραν γλῶσσαν”Pind. O., x. 40 “νεῖκος δὲ κρεσσόνων ἀποθέσθ᾽ ἄπορον”. The interpretation of the scholia, that Hector is urged ‘to give up the habit of severe rebuke’ towards his allies, is on every ground untenable.

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

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    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 762
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.104
    • Homer, Iliad, 22.100
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.402
    • Homer, Odyssey, 10.448
    • Homer, Odyssey, 2.86
    • Pindar, Olympian, 10
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