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fide of the walls to the other ; he continues ftandhig on the 

 Scsan Gate. — The whole narrative of the tranfadion in queflioii 

 is as follows : — 



Hector at firft takes his ftation before the Scaean Gate, 

 waiting on foot the approach of Achilles, (XXII. 96.); but 

 as Achilles draws near, he is feized with a panic. To efcape 

 from him, he takes his flight along the foot of the wall, (rsTj/o?' 

 vTo T^coiiv. XXII. 144.), partly with the view of being protecfted 

 from the walls, partly, perhaps, in order to get away towards 

 the mountains. Achtlles gets between him and the wall, and 

 drives him to the oppofite fide againfl the Grecian army. This 

 track brings Hector to the watch-tower, the wild fig-tree, and 

 the fources of the Scamander. Here he finds an opportunity to 

 wheel round, and again approach the walls. Achilles, once 

 more, interpofes betwixt hini and the city, and drives him back 

 towards the fources of the Scamander; and this is repeated four 

 times, (v. 157. 165. 188. ig^.'Oirffa.x.i — ). On this fpot, at a di- 

 ftance from the walls, near the fovirces of the Scamander, Hec- 

 tor at length makes a ftand, and the laft combat, with his death, 

 enfues. 



When the fubjedl is taken up in this point of view, the word 

 ve^), in the phrafes ■tti^) "h-oXiv, ti^) k^v, ttso) 7u-^o<;, can be under- 

 ftood in no other fenfe, than " about — hejore the city," without 

 any idea of its meaning " round about the city itfelf." Even 

 the 165th line, ils ^i r^)? Yl^totf^oio ■notM •jn^ilivriDnTTiV, (or rather 

 TS|) h)iri9ri7ti'J), proceeds exprefsly upon the notion, that the flight 

 was diredled away from the city towards the fources of the Sca- 

 mander ; fo that no idea of a round about can be admitted. The 

 matter is completely cleared up by verfes 194 — 208. The circle 

 of the flight is there accurately marked out, as extending mere- 

 ly from the walls towards the fources of the Scamander ; confe- 

 quently verfea.230, and 2.51, cannot he underftood in any other 



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