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Odysseus, reputed son of Sisyphus, not Laertes. ↩ + 

Like Shakespeare’s “Gaunt” (Richard II, II i) he plays on his name Aias. ↩ + 

Eurysaces means “broad shield.” ↩ + 

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“No spot can tell me of his presence there.” + 

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Homer knows nothing of the belt and it is the dead Hector who is dragged round the tomb of Patroclus. ↩ + 

“Archer” like “ranker” by itself is a term of reproach. In the Iliad Teucer is the best bowman in the Achaean host, but also a good man-at-arms. ↩ + 

An allusion to the story of Cresphontes who after the Dorian Conquest agreed to cast lots for his share of the Peloponnese and in order to secure the last lot, which he coveted, put a lump of clay into the urn instead of a potsherd. ↩ + 