ταυτὶ γὰρ συκοφαντεῖσθαι τὸν Ἕκτορα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου → that is a false charge brought against Hector by Homer
gregarious: Ar. and P. σύννομος, P. ἀγελαῖος.
herding without a shepherd: V. ἄνευ βοτῆρος αἰπολούμεναι (Aesch., Eumenides 196).