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Nestor and the Chariot-race (Iliad, xxiii, 638-42)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2013

R. L. Howland
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Nestor's account of how he was beaten in a chariot-race by the sons of Actor has caused trouble to commentators and has been misunderstood by translators. The word πλήθει in particular has seemed obscure, but it appears that Nestor quite clearly explains what happened. The sons of Actor beat him by virtue of superiority in numbers. There were two of them. One drove steadily on all the time, while the other drove vigorously, using his whip. The one who drove steadily saw to it, presumably, that Nestor did not pass him, and so helped to ensure his brother's victory—a simple, if not very sporting, tactical device.

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Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society (Second Series) , Volume 1 , 1952 , pp. 30
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Copyright © The Author(s). Published online by Cambridge University Press 1951

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