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Book Eleven<br />

of the wounded doctor at 833-6 but fails to include him in his report to<br />

Akhilleus at 16.23-9<br />

649 V6|i6ar|T6s: ai8oTos is associated with 5€ivos when the person described<br />

is of superior rank, real or implied: 3.172 (Helen of Priam), 18.394<br />

(Hephaistos of Thetis), and 2X Od. in ambiguous contexts. Between equals<br />

the formula is cc!8oT6s TE cpiAos TE (7X with variants). Patroklos uses a<br />

unique combination and a unique sense of VEIJEOTITOS in which the suffix -TOS<br />

is active (or neutral) in force: he means that Akhilleus' prickly pride is 'apt<br />

to take umbrage' if Patroklos is sent on an urgent errand and then spends<br />

time in social courtesies. (The common VEUE

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