[683] Φθίην: home of Peleus and Achilles, cf. 1.169. In the valley of the Spercheüs.
Ἑλλάδα: the country under the rule of Peleus. Thence the name was extended not only to what is known as Greece, but to Greek colonies all over the Eastern world. καλλιγύναικα: this epith. appears only in the acc. The inflection of the adj. seems to be attracted to that of the noun “γυνή”.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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