Verse 1 — A. R. Benner's commentary on Homer's Iliad 1 142
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ἄειδε, for the form see § 41. The Attic present is ᾄδω. Like Latin cano, it admits an object (μῆνιν) in the accusative. Cf. ᾠδάς τινας ᾄδοντες (Xen. Anab. IV, 3, 27). |
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θεά, § 66; elsewhere called 'Muse', but Homer applies no more definite name than this to the goddess of epic song. |
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Πηληϊάδεω, for ending, § 65, § 68; scansion, § 43; composition, § 157. |
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Ἀχιλῆος, declension, § 86, § 87. |
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