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[189] διάνδιχα μερμήριξεν: see note on 8.167, (“ὁ ὀβελός”) “ὅτι δύο ἐμερίμνησεν οὐκ ἐναντία ἀλλήλοις, ὅπερ ἐκλαβών τις προσέθηκεν “ἦε χόλον παύσειεν”,” and on 192, “ὅτι ἐκλύεται τὰ τῆς ὀργῆς” (the picture of passion is weakened): “διὸ ἀθετεῖται” — Ariston. These remarks are perfectly right; “διάνδιχα μερμήριξεν” means ‘he had “half a mind,”’ and does not require two alternatives expressed; and 192 entirely spoils the picture.

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

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