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[621] Ἀκτορίωνε is properly the title of Kteatos and Eurytos (not of course the same as in 596), as ‘sons of Aktor,’ at least as putative father. But the patronymic is here, as often, transferred to the grandsons; “Αἰακίδης” is a familiar case, and Priam is “Δαρδανίδης” from a yet more remote ancestor. The vulg. “Ἀκτορίωνος” probably comes from 13.185 where only one brother is mentioned; here it is less suitable than the dual. For the curious legends about the sons of Aktor see 11.709, 23.639.

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

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