The Iliad 16.422–425 — Sarpedon speaking to Lycians | The Lexicon

The Iliad 16.422–425

seeing he hath loosed the knees of many men and goodly.

αἰδὼς ὦ Λύκιοι· πόσε φεύγετε; νῦν θοοὶ ἔστε. ἀντήσω γὰρ ἐγὼ τοῦδʼ ἀνέρος, ὄφρα δαείω ὅς τις ὅδε κρατέει καὶ δὴ κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργε Τρῶας, ἐπεὶ πολλῶν τε καὶ ἐσθλῶν γούνατʼ ἔλυσεν.

Lattimore commentary

Sarpedon’s ignorance of the identity of the raging Patroklos seems inconsistent with the Trojans’ belief (281) that Achilleus has returned to battle; perhaps the Lykian contingent on the edges of the fight has not seen Patroklos’ initial foray.

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