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A Homer Commentary in Progress

Iliad 10.75

Greg Nagy

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

Read in Context

See the comment on I.01.320–348; see also I.16.032. Here the subject of the verb amunein ‘ward off’ switches from Achilles to Patroklos. This way, Patroklos becomes the savior of the Achaeans by rescuing them from the fire of Hector.