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[59] φέροι: opt. by attraction, as usual in sentences expressing a wish. The use of κοῦρος to signify babe is quite unique; it elsewhere connotes rather a man in the prime of life. Död. thinks it means ‘of noble blood,’ but this weakens the sentiment quite intolerably. If, as we should suppose, it means ‘male child,’ we must regard the opt. as expressing a hope, not a command; unless Agamemnon's fury makes him quite unreasoning.

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

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