[553] “τῷ δ̓ οὔ πω κτλ”.: acc. to Hdt. vii. 161, an ambassador of the Athenians in the time of the second Persian war referred to these verses with pride before Gelo, tyrant of Syracuse, “τῶν” (“Ἀθηναίων”) “καὶ Ὅμηρος ὁ ἐποποιὸς ἄνδρα ἄριστον ἐς Ἴλιον ἀπικέσθαι τάξαι τε καὶ διακοσμῆσαι στρατόν”. But the Iliad does not elsewhere mention or show this skill of Menestheus.
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