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[281] The “θ᾽” is perhaps inserted to prevent hiatus; which is probably allowable at the end of the first foot (see on 87), without the necessity of taking “οἱ” for the pron. “ϝοι”, with Nauck. If “θ᾽” is to be kept, Döderlein's explauation seems the most satisfactory, viz. that there is a confusion between “ἅμα τε πρῶτοι καὶ ὕστατοι”, and “ἅμα πρῶτοί τε καὶ ὕ”.: in other words, “ἅμα” has, as often, attracted a “τε” into its neighbourhood from its proper place in the sentence, e.g. 9.519, Od. 14.403; but the word is again repeated, just as we sometimes find “ἄν” occuring twice, once in its right place, and once following a word which it is desirable to emphasize. πρῶτοι and ὕστατοι are used in a local sense, those in front and those behind.

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

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