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A Homer Commentary in Progress

‘breathing-out [pneîn]; menos ‘mental power’

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Iliad 11.508

Gregory Nagy

The idea of ‘breathing out’ something called menos ‘mental power’ implies that such power was previously ‘breathed in’, that is, ‘breathed into’ the hero, by a divine force. Such a ... Continue reading