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[15] ἐφῆπται, lit. ‘are fastened upon the Trojans,’ i.e. hang over their heads. So 6.241, 7.402, 21.513. The variant form of the end of the line twice given by Aristotle (see App. Crit.) is noteworthy in its bearing on the significance of ancient quotations, as it is certainly not a lapse of memory. It appears from what he says that critics were offended by the downright lie put into Zeus' mouth by the word “δίδομεν”, and that Hippias of Thasos ‘solved the problem’ by reading “διδόμεν”, infin. for imper., thus leaving the actual falsehood to the dream.

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

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