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[326] 326-29. These lines, besides falling under the suspicion which hangs over the presence of Sarpedon in the original “Μῆνις”, contain several unusual expressions, and were rejected by P. Knight. β́ητνν εἰς ἔρεβος is a phrase which does not occur elsewhere, though we have “ἱεμένων ἔρεβόσδε,” Od. 20.356. ἀκοντισταί recurs only in Od. 18.262. Ἀμισώδαρος is not named in the other passage referring to the Chimaira (6.179-83), which is apparently a wild beast and not one ‘nurtured’ by a human being. It has been noticed that Amisodaros is a genuine non-Greek name; the form resembles Pixodaros of Karia (Herod.v. 118), Pandaros, and Akestodaros in a Cyprian inscription. The name is probably connected with the town of Amisos in Pontos. For the rationalizing history of him see Plut. Mor. 247F.

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

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