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[716] πρύμνηθεν, by the stern; cf. 16.762. “οὐκ ἐμεθίει”, the reading of Zen., is justly stigmatized as barbarous by the scholia. So also 16.762. The form οὐχί occurs only in these two passages, and is probably not Epic. Platt (J.P. xix. 42) proposes “οὔ ἑ”, cf. 24.214: “οὔ τι” is simpler and has a little authority, but does not explain Zen.'s reading. “οὐκί” is found in H. only at the end of a clause. For the ἄφλαστον or aplustre see on 9.241. The word occurs here only in H. Compare Herod.vi. 114（“Κυνέγειρος”) “ἐπιλαμβανόμενος τῶν ἀφλάστων νεός, τὴν χεῖρα ἀποκοπεὶς πελέκεϊ πίπτει”.

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

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