Verse 71 — W. Leaf's commentary on Homer's Iliad 1 0
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The earlier history of the expedition is evidently presumed as a familiar story. The μάντις was in historical times a regular official in every Greek army. |
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ἡγέομαι, with dat. = to guide, as 22.101, Od. 23.134, etc.; with gen. = to command. |
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εἴσω is a pure adv., the acc. giving the idea ‘to Ilios’ (H. G. § 140, 4), and εἴσω being added = inside. This is always the use of εἴσω in Il., and virtually makes εἴσω = εἰς. In Od. there is one instance (Od. 8.290) of the ‘quasi-prepositional’ use with gen. familiar in later Greek. |
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