Part 43

THE END OF THE TWENTY-FIRST BOOK.

[1] The word is κεραίζων, which they translate _cædens_, but properly signifies _dissipans, ut boves infestis cornibus_.

[2] The rack or motion of the clouds, for the clouds.

[3] Note the continued height and admired expression of Achilles’ glory.

THE TWENTY-SECOND BOOK OF HOMER’S ILIADS

THE ARGUMENT

All Trojans hous’d but Hector, only he Keeps field, and undergoes th’ extremity. Æacides assaulting, Hector flies, Minerva stays him, he resists, and dies. Achilles to his chariot doth enforce, And to the naval station drags his corse.

ANOTHER ARGUMENT

Hector, in Chi, to death is done, By pow’r of Peleus’ angry son.