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[639] ‘Pramnian wine’ is said by the scholiast to have been named from a mountain in Karia. It is mentioned by Galen as ‘a black austere wine,’ as though the name implied quality rather than place of origin (M. and R. on Od. 10.234). Hehn suggests that it may represent a Thrakian word which also occurs in the form “παραβίη” (Ath. 447 d) as the name of a drink made by the Paionians. It is clear that the ancients themselves knew nothing about it. “κνέε”, the reading of Ar., or rather “κνάε” (H. G. § 19), is required by the metre, though κνῆ is defensible as a non-thematic form. κνήστι: originally no doubt “κνήστιϊ”, cf. 23.318 “μήτι_”, etc.

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

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