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fide of the walls to the other ; he continues (landing on the 

 Scasan Gate. — The whole narrative of the tranfadion in queflion 

 is as follows : — 



Hector at firft takes his ftation before the Scasan 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, (rg7;^05' 

 vTo T^cjm. XXII. 144.), partly with the view of being protected 

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

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

 drives him to the oppofite fide againft 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 him and the city, and drives him back 

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

 times, (v. 157. 165. 188. 1 94. ' 0<r<ra;s; — ). On this fpot, at a di- 

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

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

 enfues. 



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

 TTJ^}, in the phrafes "ttz^) To'kiVy tts^) ccs-j, tts^) rziyog, can be under- 

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

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

 the 165th line, Q.^ ri) rfig U^iuy^oio iroXtv Tn^ihvfidfjrTjv, (or rather 

 Tg^< hy^^riTtiv), 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— <2o8. The circle 

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

 ly firom the walls towards the fources of the Scamander j confe- 

 quently verfes 230, and 251, cannot be underflood in any other 

 fenfe. . 



