[408] αὐτόματος: of his own accord; he needed no invitation. He holds a special relation.
βοὴν ἀγαθός: an important element of influence in battle where trumpets were not used. This epith. is applied to Menelaus 25 times, to Diomedes 21 times; by way of exception to Telamonian Ajax “Ο 249, Π” 102; to Hector “Ν 123, Ο” 671; to Priam's son Polites 24.250. See § 1 q.This text is part of:
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.