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162 USE OF THE NUMBERS. [173.
it is the horses that are chiefly
in the driver's mind, although he
associates himself with them. In II. 9. 182-195 the Dual refers
to the two envoys, Phoenix being overlooked.
Again, when two agents have been mentioned together, or
are represented as acting together in any way, the Dual may
be used: as II. I.
531 ro> y o>? fiovhevn-avre (of Thetis and
Achilles), 16. 823 (of a lion and boar fighting), Od. 3. 128., 13.
372, &c. Similarly, of the meeting of two rivers, II. 4. 453
ey jjLL(rydyKiav orv[j,(Bd\\TOV ofipijjiov vbutp (cp. 5- 774)-
The Dual Pronouns v&'i and o-&u are used with comparative
regularity: see II. i. 257, 336, 574., 5. 34, 287, 718, &c. This
usage may be a matter of traditional courtesy. Hence perhaps
the scrupulous use where the First Person Dual is meant II. ; 4.
407 ayayovtf Diomede and 8.
(' I') 109 OepairovTe our attendants;
;
II. 313 TL 7ra66vT XfXda-fJL^da KrA. 12. j 323 co ireirov el . . (f>vyovTt
;
Od. 3.
128 eva Ovpbv ZX. OVT ('Ulysses and I').
In Od. 2.
78 for a7raLTiovTs eW should be read a-nairifyvQ' rjos, since
Telemachus there is speaking of his mother and himself. So with
the Second Person, II. 1.216 (Athene and Here), 322 (the heralds),
3- 379-j 7- 279-
In II. 3. 278 KCU ol virevepOf KapovTas dv0p