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to blame Tiberius:" And even as Gordon has translated these words, the ellipsis is too violent for the English language; "hence against Tiberius many complaints."

Εννημαρ μεν ανα στρατὸν ωκετο^{[errata 1]} κῆλα θεοῑο.
Il. l. I. l. 53.

"For nine days the arrows of the god were darted through the camp^{[errata 2]}." The elliptical brevity of Mr Macpherson's translation of this verse, has no parallel in the original; nor is it agreeable to the English idiom:

"Nine days rush the shafts of the God."

CHAP Errata

1. Correction: ωκετο should be amended to ωχετο: detail
2. Correction: camp should be amended to army: detail