Swift-footed Protheus led.
But the above examples are arranged either by Pleonasm or by some such like artifice. But there is another due to absence of a word. Of thes omitted the sense is plain from what has gone before, as in the following (I. ix. 328):—
Twelve cities have I taken with my ships,
Eleven more by land on Trojan soil,—
where the words "have I taken" are wanting in last line, but are supplied from the preceding one. This is said to be by Ellipse (I. xii. 243):—
One bird best to defend the fatherland,—
where the word "is" is lacking. And (I. xx. 293):—
Alas I the grief to me of great-hearted Aeneas,—
when the words "is present," "comes," or something of the kind, are understood.
There are many kinds of Ellipses in Homer; the effect of the figure is quickness.
Of this sort is Asyndeton when the conjunctions uniting sentences are removed. This is done not only for the sake of celerity, but also of the sake of emotional emphasis. Such as is the following (O. x. 251):—