il, i. e., Astyanax

229. Prévenez-les, anticipate them by killing Astyanax. Cp. 1201. 231. confondent, misguide, Cp. 212.

233-235. AUudes to the whole story of the Iliad, how Achilles, when his captive was taken from him by Agamemnon, withdrew in anger from the fight, permitting the Greeks to be for a time defeated by Hector.