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[307] ἐδίδαξαν, Ar. preferred “ἐδίδαξε”, on the ground that Poseidon alone had to do with horsemanship. This is obviously untenable here, the fact being that Poseidon has no special connexion with the horse in H. (see on 277), and teaches the Neleid race useful arts only because he is their ancestor. Zeus is probably joined with him as having a general interest in “διογενεῖς βασιλῆες” (cf. 20.192) and being the ultimate source of all divine gifts.

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

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