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What does "green hand at war" mean?

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like stated in the iliad,fitzgerald version

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  1. Well, to be a "greenhand" means that one is "green" or not ripe at whatever.  Inexperienced ranch hands are called greenhands, and I would assume that the translation you are reading refers to a novice or non-veteran of war.  


  2. The phrase, in context (Iliad, XI, transl. by R. Fitzgerald), is: "And Neleus' pride was pleased that spoil so great had fallen to me, a green hand at war."

    Most translators in other languages use "young"  or "inexperienced".
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