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[392] With ὀξὺ βέλος πέλεται cf. 20.99 “καὶ δ᾽ ἄλλως τοῦ γ᾽ ἰθὺ βέλος πέτετ᾽, οὐδ᾽ ἀπολήγει”. As “ἰθύ” there must form part of the predicate, it is better to take “ὀξύ” here in the same way, though “πέλεται” is not merely = “ἐστίν”. It is probably through a reminiscence of “Υ” that Eust. quotes in one place “πέτεται”: that verb obviously suits “ἰθύ” but not “ὀξύ. ἀκήριον”, lifeless, see on 7.100. αἶψα: so MSS., Ar. “ἄνδρα”, which is much less forcible.

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

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