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[149] μεθ᾽ ὅμιλον, amid the press, like “μετὰ πληθύν” 2.143. Here also van L. reads “καθ᾽ ὅμιλον”. According to the scholia it would seem that Zen. read “μεθ᾽ ὁμίλου”, which he must have taken to mean from amid the press. This gives much better sense, but Greek knows no such use of “μετά” with the (abl.) gen. Maass conjectures that Zen.'s reading was “μετὰ μῶλον”, but for this there is no ground. “δι᾽ ὁμίλου” (van L.) is more likely.

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

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