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[128] μ̀η . . ἕλωσι . . πέλωνται, this line is best taken independently, as punctuated. Many edd. make it subordinate to “ὄρσεο”, taking 127 as a parenthesis, but this is needlessly complicated. “μή” with subj. is the primitive expression of fear and the like; subordination to a verb is a later development. Cf. 1.26 “μή σε κιχείω”, etc.; M. and T. §§ 261, 307. For οὐ following “μή” (‘resistance to a negative’) cf. 5.233 “μὴ τὼ μὲν . . ματήσετον οὐδ᾽ ἐθέλητον”, also in a separate clause; H. G. § 278. φυκτά, neut. plur. as an abstract, cf. on 12.30, 14.98.

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

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