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[127] ἵνα γάρ, a phrase which has caused some trouble. We have perhaps to recognize a relic of the primitive use of “γ᾽ ἄρ” (which Brandreth writes) before the words had coalesced in the sense of our for. Compare “ὃ γάρ” (= “ὅ γ᾽ ἄρ”) 12.344, 23.9, Od. 1.286, Od. 24.190; H. G. § 348. 3. But in the case of “ὅς, ὅ” the pronoun may be demonstrative, and the use of “γε” immediately after a rel. is very rare (only Od. 7.214, Od. 14.198 “ὅσσά γε,” Od. 19.511? “ὅντινά γε”). Hence various conjectures: Bentley “τ᾽ ἄρ” (and “γάρ” has probably in many cases supplanted “τ᾽ ἄρ”, see on 61; but “ἵνα τε” is used only in general sentences, 9.441 etc.); “περ” G. Hermann; “φυλάκεσσιν, ἵνα σφιν” Barnes. Peppmüller's “ἵν᾽ ἄρα” is as likely as any, cf. Od. 6.322 “ἵν᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζετο”, but there is no obvious cause for the corruption. ἠγερέθεσθαι is the regular Homeric form — “ἠγερέεσθαι” of MSS. is not found elsewhere.

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

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