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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Iliad 10.281

Casey Due, Mary Ebbott

Last updated at March 12, 2020, 4:44 p.m.

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πάλιν ἐπὶ νῆας ἐϋκλεῖας ἐφικέσθαι

See above on 10.211–212 and “The Poetics of Ambush” for more on the thematic similarities between nighttime missions and journeys and for the importance of the safe return. Cf. 10.247.