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[280] ἠείδης, a form which recurs in Od. 9.206 only. “ἠ”- is the temporal augment, arising from the prothetic “ε” so often developed by “ϝ”; cf. “ἤϊσκον, ἤϊκτο”, from “ἐ-ϝικ”- (G. Meyer, Gr. § 475 c, H. G. § 68). — Offence has been taken at the use of the article in τὸν ἑμόν. This has abundant analogies in H., and it is doubtful if we can hope to expel it even from the most ancient passages. The best suggestion here, if that end is desired, is “ἠείδησθα” (“εὐείδησθα” Naber) “ἐμόν”: compare “ἤιδησθα” Od. 19.93. ἤτοι ἔφης γε sarcastic, yet you thought you did. The imperfect “ἔφης” and the equivalent plpf. “ἠείδης” are both used, as often, to contrast performance with promise.

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

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