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[351] στιλπναί, formed like “τερπνός”, here only in H. ἀπέπιπτον, rained from the cloud: Zen.'s “ἀνέπιπτον”, fell on them, is again inferior. The added line mentioned by Schol. T is evidently designed to meet the prosaic objection that the Sleep-god does nothing after his long journey. Most readers will feel that the efficacy tacitly implied in his mere neighbourhood is a thoroughly poetical expression of his mysterious workings. On the other hand suspicion may justly be felt as to his self-imposed message to Poseidon in 354 ff. It is not needed for the story, and is probably only designed to effect a connexion with the following interpolation. See note on 241.

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

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