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[195] ἀΐξεσθαι, as we have “ἐφορμᾶται ποιησέμεν,” Od. 21.399; the fut. is similarly used after “μέμονα” (7.36), etc. Besides, though we find both “ἀἶξαι” and “ἀϊχθῆναι”, the aor. mid. does not recur (see on 23.773), whereas the fut. of intrans. verbs is commonly in the mid. (Bekker, H. B. i. 196). The aor. or pres. infin. is usual after “ὁρμᾶν” (8.511, 10.359, 13.188, 21.265, 21.572, Od. 4.282), which may account for the change. For ἀντίος = in the face of an inanimate object cf. 15.694 “ἴθυσε νεὸς . . ἀντίος ἀΐξας”, and 20.463. It is possible of course to take “πυλάων” directly with “ὁρμήσειε”, dashed for the gate.

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

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