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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Iliad 11.564

Greg Nagy

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

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The epikouroi ‘allies’ of the Trojans are described as polu-ēgerées, which means not ‘consisting of many groups’ but ‘consisting of many different groups’. Compare also I.02.804, I.17.156, I.11.642.