The Iliad 11.511–515 — Idomeneus speaking to Nestor | The Lexicon

The Iliad 11.511–515

for the cutting out of arrows and the spreading of soothing simples.

ὦ Νέστορ Νηληϊάδη μέγα κῦδος Ἀχαιῶν ἄγρει σῶν ὀχέων ἐπιβήσεο, πὰρ δὲ Μαχάων βαινέτω, ἐς νῆας δὲ τάχιστʼ ἔχε μώνυχας ἵππους· ἰητρὸς γὰρ ἀνὴρ πολλῶν ἀντάξιος ἄλλων ἰούς τʼ ἐκτάμνειν ἐπί τʼ ἤπια φάρμακα πάσσειν.

Lattimore commentary

The fighters realize that their fortunes will worsen if they lose the surgeon Machaon, son of Asklepios, who in turn learned healing from his father Apollo.

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