[85] ἐσσυμένως: made emphatic by its position; adv. formed from the adjectival “ἐσσύμενος” (11.554); this and “ἐπισταμένως” (H 317) are the only advs. from partics. in Homer. See § 38 h.
μετ̓ ἀμφοτέροισιν: between both armies.
86 = v. 304, 7.67.
κέκλυτε μεῦ: hear from me. The gen. is ablatival.
87 = H 374, 388.
μῦθον: proposition, plan; as “οἶσθα καὶ ἄλλον μῦθον ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοῆσαι Η 358, υ” 326.