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[696] 696 = 23.397. δακρυόφι, the instrumental, a use which in this connexion was afterwards taken up by the gen. According to Did. on Od. 4.705 Ar. wrote “ἔσκετο” in the sense became. This however makes nonsense, as “θαλερή” means ‘big’ or ‘full’; and there can be no doubt that Ar. in fact read “ἔσχετο” as against the variant “ἔσκετο”, which occurs nowhere else. See Ludwich on Od. 4.705, and on the other side Schulze in K. Z. xxix. 255. He connects θαλερ́η with “θολερός”, and translates his voice grew thick (with sobs). In view of the other uses of the word this is highly improbable.

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

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