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[274] κελευσέμεναι … ἔμελλε, ‘some god must have bidden thee.’ The infinitive is an aorist, formed like “ἀξέμεναι” Il.23. 50, “οἰσέμεναι” Od.18. 291, and “σαωσέμεν” Il.9. 230.The construction will then be parallel to “μέλλω ἁλιτέσθαι”, inf. 377. Helen's act must have been at the instance of a god, for she came to see the horse, not with any intention of betraying the heroes, but from curiosity; and had she succeeded in tempting them to reveal themselves to her, the Trojans would have won the “κῦδος” of victory over the Greeks.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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