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[61] τάρ (see on 1.8) was conj. by Cobet for the vulg. “γάρ”, and has now found MS. support. “γάρ” would express a certain amount of surprise, which is out of place here; what is wanted is the simple continuative particle. The asyndeton in the next line is thus natural, as it merely continues this question; but if we read “γάρ”, and thus refer the question to what precedes instead of what follows, the sudden transition in 62 is very harsh. μύθωι is not elsewhere found with “ἐπιτέλλεσθαι” and seems superfluous.

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

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