[47] “αὐτοῦ κινηθέντος: αὐτοῦ” contrasts the god with his arrows (§§ 1 h, 24 g). For the gen. abs., see § 3 f.
νυκτί: a time of dread, cf. “ἔσθορε φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ ι νυκτὶ θοῆ ἀτάλαντος ὑπώπια Μ” 462 f., “λ 606, υ” 362, ‘He on his impious foes right onward drove,
Gloomy as night’ Milton Par. Lost vi. 831 f. Comparisons are a notable characteristic of Homer's style. They are less frequent in this First Book of the Iliad than elsewhere. cf. v. 359, 2.87 ff., 146 ff., 337 ff., 394 ff., 455-483. See § 2 e ff.