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[365] ἴμεναι, the “ι_” is quite unexplained; “ἴμεν, ἴμεναι” and “ἰέναι” occur about 130 times in H., elsewhere always with “ι^”. Compare note on “ζευγνῦμεν” 16.145. Transposition has been suggested, “ἴμεναι δ᾽ ἔφατ᾽”, or “φάτο δ᾽ ἄντ᾽ ἴμεναι” (Schulze Q. E. p. 377) but is not very probable. “φάτο δ᾽ ἂψ ἴμεν” Nauck. It is a question, however, if φάτο itself is the right word. It should according to usage mean thought rather than proclaimed.

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

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