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[299] εἴασεν: a clear false quantity; but the rhythm is equally impossible if we read “εἴασ᾽”. P. Knight's “εἴαεν” is no doubt right. Heyne's “ἔασεν ἀγήνορας Ἕκτωρ” has the forbidden caesura in the 4th foot. We may, however, admit the possibility that “εἴασεν” is original, as a false archaism based on the co-existence of “ἠτίμασεν” and “ἠτίμησεν” (see on 1.11), and Od. 21.297 “ἄα^σεν” beside Od. 10.68 “ἄα_σαν” (see note on 8.237).

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

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