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A Homer Commentary in Progress

skēptoukhoi basilēes ‘scepter-bearing kings’

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Iliad 2.086

Gregory Nagy

This expression needs to be added to the cumulative evidence showing that a person who holds a skēptron ‘scepter’ speaks with the authority of a king—an authority emanating from Ze ... Continue reading