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[125] When Gelon demanded the command of the Greek army from the embassy who had come to ask his help against the Persians, Syagros the Spartan envoy replied “ἦ κε μέγ᾽ οἰμώξειε ὁ Πελοπίδης Ἀγαμέμνων πυθόμενος Σπαρτιήτας τὴν ἡγεμονίην ἀπαραιρῆσθαι ὑπὸ Γέλωνός τε καὶ Συρηκοσίων” (Herod.vii. 159). This is probably an adaptation of the present line, though of course we cannot be sure that it is not a quotation from some lost epic; there is no special point in the substitution of Agamemnon for Peleus. For the visit of Nestor to Peleus, when enlisting the Greek army, see 11.765 sqq.

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

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