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Although the picture is different, these lines recall //. 2 : 87 ff. : " Even 

 as when the tribes of thronging bees issue from some hollow rock, ever 

 in fresh procession, and fly clustering among the flowers of spring, and 

 some on this hand and some on that fly thick; even so from ships and 

 huts before the low beach marched forth their many tribes by companies 

 to the place of assembly." 

 Page 66: 



And Sohrab came there, and went in, and stood 



is Homeric in presenting a situation by a group of three specific state- 

 ments, while the verses just below 



And found the old man sleeping on his bed 

 Of rugs and felts, and near him lay his arms 



resemble II. 10 : 73 ff. : " Then went he himself after Nestor, the shepherd 

 of the host, whom he found by his hut and black ship, in his soft bed; 

 beside him lay his fair dight arms, a shield, and two spears, and a shining 

 helmet." 

 Pages 66 f . : 



Let the two armies rest today; but I 



Will challenge forth the bravest Persian lords, 



To meet me, man to man. 



These lines show the influence of 77. 7 : 49 ff. : " Make the other 

 Trojans sit, and all the Achaeans, and thyself challenge him that is best 

 of the Achaeans to meet thee man to man in deadly combat." 



Page 67: The remonstrance, 



O Sohrab, an unquiet heart is thine ! 



Canst thou not rest among the Tartar chiefs, 



And share the battle's common chance with us 



is not very different from that in 77. 3 : 60 : " Hector, .... thy heart 

 is ever keen;" and in //. 20:376 f.: "Hector, no longer challenge 

 Achilles at all before the lines, but in the throng await him and from 

 amid the roar of battle." The "battle's common chance" may be 

 compared with the Homeric, "equal war," II. 13:358, 635; 18:242. 



But now he keeps apart, and sits at home- 



