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Book Eleven<br />

744—5 lisydOu^oi ... ETpeorav: not a contradiction. The epithet, generic<br />

in the sense that it may be applied to any tribe of men, is used also in a<br />

genuinely generic way, to describe the true character of the Epeioi which,<br />

as it happens, their flight does not display at this instant.<br />

746 = 16.292 (with KTEivas for iTTTrfjcov).<br />

747 AaiAam Taos (2X , with epithet 6p6|ivfj) is formular and, as Arn/A<br />

note, belongs to the narrative language of the poet, cf. 73511. There is<br />

characterization in 7476°., but it lies in the old man's enthusiastic recollection<br />

of his youthful prowess.<br />

748 TTevTTjKovTa (15X //., 9X Od.) is Homer's standard large number.<br />

750 Kteatos and Eurutos, the 'AKTopicove, were nominally sons of Aktor<br />

(brother of Augeias, according to Eust. 303.5), their real father (751)<br />

being Poseidon. MoAiovs - the combination of two patronymics is most<br />

unusual - alludes to their descent on the mother's side, cf. Arn/A (f)<br />

SnrAf}) OTi EVTEOOEV C Hcrio6os "Aioropos KOCT* 6TTIKAT|CTIV KCCI MoAiovns CCUTOUS<br />

yeyeveocAoynKev, yovco 6e rTo

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