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[420] ὥς appears to be used for “ὧδε” in the sense ‘as follows’; and it was perhaps this which induced Ar. to athetize the line (see on 404). If it were in better company we might adopt the variant “ὧδέ τις αὖ”, where “αὖ” is a conjunction as in 478, 11.104 (q.v.), etc. But it is possible to regard “ὥς” as referring back; ‘in the same manner (as the Greeks) said the Trojans.’ It is not much to the credit of the poetry that, by omitting the line, 421-22 may be read as part of the speech of the Greeks, but such is evidently the case. (Ludwich says it is ‘hardly credible’ that Ar. can have omitted this single line, and holds that the athetesis extended to 423 or 425. This is possible, but surely not necessary, and entirely without authority.)

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

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