# Scholia in Iliadum 1.2-9

Scholia in Homerum, Scholia in Iliadum, Volume 1, ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ Λ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-homerum/scholia-in-iliadum/1.2-9

4. ὅτι πολέμοιο τέρας τὸν εἰδωλοποιούμενον πόλεμον, τὸν ποι- ητικὸν τοῦ ἐνεργουμένου πολέμου, ὡς καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις (Il. 5, 593) κυδοι- μοῦ εἴδωλόν φησι τὴν Ἐνυὼ ἔχειν “ἡ μὲν ἔχουσα κυδοιμὸν ἀναιδέα.” οἱ δὲ ἀστραπήν φασι τὴν ἔριδα φέρειν, ὡς καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· φησὶ γὰρ (Il. 10, 5) “ὡς δʼ ὅταν ἀστράπτῃ—τεύχων ἢ πολὺν,—ἠέ ποθι πτολέμοιο.” Ἀπολλώνιος δὲ τὸν κυδοιμὸν ἀναιδέα δηῖοτῆτα. οἱ δὲ τὸ ξίφος· διὰ γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὸν πόλεμον κατορθοῦσθαι. οἱ δὲ λαμπάδα διὰ τὸ ἐμπυρσεύεσθαι τὰς τῶν πολεμούντων ψυχάς. μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἀργαλέην βραχὺ διασταλτέον πρὸς τὸ σαφέστερον

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Scholia in Homerum, Scholia in Iliadum, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf, Ernst Maas. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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