Ἀπὸ ξυστοῦ

from a spear

Translated by Jennifer Benedict1 Jun 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

8 words

[It was] Homer [who] said "from a spear".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπὸ ξυστοῦ· ὁ δὲ Ὅμηρος ἀπὸ ξυστοῦ εἶπεν.

Betacode

*)apo\ custou=: o( de\ *(/omhros a)po\ custou= ei)=pen.

Homer does not use the phrase a)po\ custou=. But this is surely an error for the phrase ou)dou= a)po\ cestou=, "from a polished threshold", which occurs twice in the Odyssey (18.33 and 22.72); cf. generally xi 56.