Thus speaking, he rushed upon the Trojans like unto a god; and the deep-eddying River then addressed Apollo:
"Alas! O god of the silver bow, child of Jove, thou hast not observed the counsels of Jove, who very much enjoined thee to stand by and aid the Trojans, till the late setting evening[679] sun should come, and overshadow the fruitful earth."
[Footnote 679: [Greek: Deielos] has been shown by Buttmann to be really the afternoon; but he observes, p. 223, that in the present passage, "it is not the Attic [Greek: deile opsia], with which it has been compared, but by the force of [Greek: dyon], the actual sunset of evening. The [Greek: opse] is therefore, strictly speaking, redundant, and appears to be used with reference only to the time past, something in this way: 'Thou shouldst assist the Trojans until the sun sinks late in the west.'"]
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