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[660] τεκέων has poor MS. support, but is better than “τοκέων” (recurring only in 21.587) where the short “ε” is the only exception (other than in proper names) to the rule that nouns in -“ευς” have -“η”-: see “τοκήων” in 663 (so Brandreth). Schol. A explaining “ὑπὲρ τοκέων”, says “ἤτοι ὡς λέγομεν “πρὸς Διός,” ἢ ὅπερ ἂν παρόντες ἐποίουν οἱ γονεῖς: ὅπερ μᾶλλον εἰκός: ἐπιφέρει γὰρ “τῶν ὕπερ ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐγὼ γουνάζομαι”.” But “κτήσιος” in the latter passage (665) proves that “ὑπέρ” cannot = “ἀντί”, and Od. 15.261 “λίσσομ᾽ ὑπὲρ θυέων καὶ δαίμονος κ.τ.λ.” shews that it is merely the ordinary form of adjuration by an object. So also 22.338, 24.466.

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

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