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[260] σμερδαλέωι in this emphatic place after “δεινῶι” is very weak. Perhaps we should read “σμερδαλέον” as adv., though with little support. Heyne conj. “σμερδαλέον δὲ μέγ᾽”, which should be taken together, as in Od. 9.395 “σμερδαλέον δὲ μέγ᾽ ὤιμωξεν”, terribly loud. μέγα is in any case to be taken as adv. with “μύκε. ἀκωκή” is of course a possible variant for ἀκωκ̂ηι, but it is the larger body from which the noise should come.

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

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