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[362] “ὁ τέ σύνδεσμος οὐκ ἦν ἐν τοῖς Ἀριστάρχου”, Did. We must either read “ἐν ταῖς Ἀρ.”, the editions of Ar., or understand “τὰ Ἀρ.” to mean the “ὑπομνήματα”, which were regarded as of inferior authority. In one or other Ar. must have read “ὑλήεντα, ὁ δέ”, which is probably the best reading, the hiatus as often causing the change. Paech's conjecture (approved by Curtius) “ὑλήεντα, ὅ τε”, though it would fully explain the subjunctive, is not quite like Homer; 13.62, Od. 17.518, which he quotes, are not in point, as the relatives there refer to the main subject of the simile, not to a subordinate action, as here. In any case the passage cannot be brought into complete harmony with Homeric usage.

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

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