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[318] ἐὺ κληῗσ᾽ is the reading of Trypho, Ar. preferring “ἐυκλήϊς” (as the MSS. also have). There is little to choose between the two. In favour of the text is the fact that “ἀρηρώς” rarely stands by itself, but is almost always joined to a defining word, either a dat. or an adverb (“πυκινῶς” or the like). (In 19.396 “χειρί” may be taken with “ἀραρυῖαν”, fitted to his hand, though it is simpler to take the part. by itself; see, however, “ζωστῆρι ἀρηρότι” 4.134.) The κληῗδες are here the bolts which hold the doors, see 12.456, 14.168. The fact that only one “κληΐς” is elsewhere mentioned as belonging to a door is in favour of reading “ἐυκλήϊς”. But no weight can be allowed to Ar.'s objection to the elision of the -“ι” of the dat. plur.

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

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