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[513] οἱ δέ, the besieged. οὕ πω πείθοντο, i.e. were by no means thinking of accepting terms. ὑπεθωρ́ησσοντο, were secretly arming for ambush. This use of “ὑπο”- in composition does not seem to recur in H.; and for λόχωι we should have expected “λόχονδ᾽”. La R. writes “λόχωι δ᾽ ὑπὸ θωρήσσοντο”, were arming for the fight under (protected by) an ambush. The objection to this evidently is that they have not reached the ambush at this stage (see 520).

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

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