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[272] βροτοὶ ἐπιχθόνιοι together form the predicate. μαχέοιτο, like “μαχέοιντο” 344, is a highly doubtful form; the stem “μαχε”（“ς”) is implied in “μαχές”（“ς”）“ομαι”, but nowhere else appears in the pres. The best emendation is Platt's “μαχέσαιτο”, would have fought (J. P. xxiii. 211); this use of the opt. to express past time (H. G. § 300 c) appears to belong properly to the aor. (A similar case is 20.171, where many MSS. give “μαχέεσθαι” for “μαχέσασθαι”.) See note on 5.311.

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

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