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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Iliad 18.214

Greg Nagy

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

Read in Context

The word here for the fire bursting from the head of Achilles is selas ‘flash of light’. On this word, which signals the Will of Zeus, see especially the note on I.19.003.017.