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[390] βλωθρ́η only here (= 16.483), Od. 24.234 (“ὄγχνη”) and in late imitative epics. It probably means tall, but various other senses are given in the scholia: “τινὲς ἁπαλήν, κατὰ Ἀρκάδας: οἱ δὲ ὑψηλήν, κατὰ Βοιωτούς, ἤτοι φλοιοβαρῆ, κατὰ Μάγνητας, ἢ τραχεῖαν, κατὰ Δρύοπας, ἢ ηὐξημένην, κατὰ Τυρσηνούς, ἢ σκληράν, κατὰ Καρυστίους”. This knowledge of dialects is too universal to be trusted.

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

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