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[392] κυκλόσε, Ar. “κύκλος”, Zen. “κύκλωι”, see on 4.212. The adverb seems to go equally with “διαστάντες” and “τανύουσι”, they stand at intervals all round, so that it is stretched equally in every direction. ἰκμὰς ἔβη, the natural moisture of the skin goes out of it, so that the grease enters into the pores. This suits the general use of “ἰκμάς” for natural juices (see Lex.). Others take it of the oil itself, which forthwith goes its way, spreads over the surface. In either case we should expect a participle or adverb to complete the sense of the verb. Moreover, if “ἰκμάς” is rightly referred to root sik (Curtius Et. no. 24 b), we have an hiatus illicitus. These two considerations suggest that we should read “ἄφαρ δ᾽ ἐξ” (van Herwerden), or “ἄφαρ δέ τ᾽ ἐπ᾽” (“ἀπ᾽”) “ἰκμὰς ἔβη”.

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

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