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[105] The country of Pandaros is called Λυκίη here and 173 only; the inhabitants are always “Τρῶες” (e.g. 200). Elsewhere we only hear of the city of Zeleia as Pandaros' home (e.g. 2.824). It is impossible to say how the name of Lykia was attached to this obscure town. The only links with the well-known Lykia seem to be the name of Lykaon, the epithet “λυκηγενής” given to Apollo (4.101), and the fact pointed out by Fellows that in Lykia proper there was a city Tlos and a tribe of “Τλῶες”. Whether there was any tradition which connected these with the “Τρῶες” we cannot say. Of course it is possible that two sections of a Lykian tribe bearing that name may have settled in distant regions; but it is more probable that the coincidence of name is merely accidental, especially as “Λύκιος” was not a native name (see note on 4.101).

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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