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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Iliad 23.306-23.348

Douglas Frame

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

Read in Context

comment on the purpose of Nestor’s speech on tactics for rounding the turning post, when it does not feature in the description of the race itself (evoking Nestor’s own race against the twins)