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[41] For μ́η with indic. in oaths see 10.330, 19.261, and H. G. § 358. It should be noticed that the construction here is slightly different from that in K, as “μή” here negatives only the following words, “δι᾽ ἐμὴν ἰότητα”, not the verb “πημαίνει”, whereas in K it negatives the verb “ἐποχήσεται”. Hera speaks the truth so far, that Poseidon had intervened on his own initiative, not on account of any wish of hers (“δι᾽ ἐμὴν ἰότητα”, which may perhaps be purposely used in place of the usual “ἰότητι”), as with the present text there has been no communication between them (see note on 14.241); but morally of course “παρακέκρουσται τὸν ὅρκον”, her oath is fraudulent, as Ar. says. There is but a slight technical change in Hera's favour even if we omit 14.252-60 (see Introd. to “Ξ”). Zeus evidently grasps the real position.

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

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