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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Iliad 16.286

Greg Nagy

Last updated at March 12, 2020, 4:45 p.m.

Read in Context

Patroklos, hastening to reach the scene of battle, finally arrives at the center of the action, where the ship of Protesilaos is beached. Now he is right next to the prumnē ‘stern’ of that ship. See also the comment on I.15.704–746.