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[11] ἦεν: vulg. “ἔπλεν”, a vox nihili; the only Homeric forms are “πέλεν” and “ἔπλετο”. Schol. A says “οὕτως Ἀρίσταρχος ἔπλεν”, Schol. T “Ἀρίσταρχος ἔπλεν σὺν τῶι ν, ἐκ τοῦ ἔπελεν συγκοπὴν δεχόμενος: Ζηνόδοτος ἔπλε ἀποκοπῆι τοῦ ἔπλετο”. It is extremely improbable that the only alternative to Ar.'s “ἔπλεν” was “ἔπλε”. Much more probably it was “ἦεν”, which has the excellent support of P (it had previously been conj. by Heyne and Brandreth). The cause of the change was no doubt an objection to end two consecutive lines with “ἦεν”. But there are several analogies for this in H.; see e.g. 2.290-1.

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

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