[259] Literally, 'a spear casting a very long shadow.'
[260] See for example, Il. XVII. 297:—
ἐγκέφαλος δὲ παρ' αὺλὸν ἀνέδραμεν ἐξ ὠτειλῆς.
"And the brain ran out from the wound on the tube of the lance."
[261] Il. III. 361-362:—
᾽Ατρείδης δὲ ἐρυσσάμενος ξίφος ἀργυρόηλον,
πλῆξεν ἀνασχόμενος κόρυθος φάλον.
"Drawing his silver-studded sword and lifting up his arm, Atreides struck the φάλος off the helmet."
[262] The following passage of the Iliad, XIX. 379-383, can leave no doubt on this point:—
ὥς ἀπ᾽ ᾽Αχιλλῆος σάκεος σέλας αἰθέρ᾽ ἵκανε