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[678] πώεα οἰῶν, probably “πώε᾽ ὀϝίων”, with lengthening in the sixth arsis; cf. “ὀι?ω” in this place only (in “ὀΐομαι ι_” is a metrical necessity), but “ὀι?́ω” in other parts of the line, and “οἴω, οἴομαι” beside the contracted “οἰῶν” 696, 22.501, etc. (but see Platt in J. P. xix. 43). It is tempting to read “μήλων” (as Strabo does when quoting the identical phrase from Od. 14.100); but though this reading is found in L, it is probably a mere gloss, as it does not appear in the other members of the same family, PQR. The lengthening of the “ι” in συβόσια (679) is sufficiently justified by metrical necessity. Schulze (Q. E. p. 256) remarks that “συβο?σια” would have been more regular (cf. “συβώτης”), but the vowel “ι” seems particularly susceptible to lengthening, and has thus asserted itself. The form “συβόσεια” is wrong; “τ” of * “συβότης” would become “ς” only before “ι” (cf. “ἱκετεία” beside “ἱκεσία”). πλατέα, wide-ranging flocks of goats, as 2.474.

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

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