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[727] ἕως is scanned as a monosyllable only here in Il., but five times in Od., another instance of late contraction. Hence Brandreth conj. “τεῖος μέν τε”, Nauck “τῆος” (rather “ἧος”) “μέν ῥα”, though the asyndeton does not seem very natural. For “ἕως “ἀντὶ τοῦ τέως”,” as Nikanor says, the other instances are 730, 12.141, 13.143, 15.277, Od. 2.148, Od. 3.126 — all with “μέν”. The two uses are related as “ὅτε” and “ὁτέ”, and there is no reason for doubting the tradition.

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

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