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[602] The name Ἀλεκτρυών is noteworthy, as H. seems not to be acquainted with the cock. In fact the use of the word here is evidence to that effect, for no hero is ever called by the name of an animal. So An.says “ὅτι οὐκ εἴρηται παρὰ τὸν ἀλεκτρυόνα τὸ ζῶιον τὸ ὄνομα: οὐδέπω γὰρ ἔγνωστο”. Fick connects it with “Ἀλέκτωρ” for “Ἀλεξ-τωρ” like “Ἠλεκτρυών” beside “ἠλέκτωρ”: see note on 6.513.

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

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