[163] 163-4. This action of Zeus seems quite out of place here, and inconsistent with his message in 186 sqq. ὕπαγε is used only here in the sense “ἄγε ὑπ”（“ὲκ”) “βελέων”. The two lines seem to be an addition intended to account for the absence of Hector at this moment. Erhardt would include the whole of 163-215 in this judgment. It was obviously necessary, after Hector's triumphs in “Θ”, to explain why he does not now meet Agamemnon; in the original “Μῆνις” he had not yet appeared at all on the scene, so the difficulty was not felt. In that case 163-4 would be an earlier account of Hector's absence, the message of Iris (181-215) a more elaborate and later version.
