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[335] ἐταιρίσσαι, to be companion to; but the intrans. use is strange (cf. the mid. “ἤ τινά που Τρώων ἑταρίσσαιτο” 13.456). Bentley reads “ἀνέῤ”（“α”) “ἑταιρίσσαι”, to make a man thy companion, which is better. The text however is supported by Hymn. Ven. 96 (“Χάριτες”) “αἵ τε θεοῖσι πᾶσιν ἑταιρίζουσι”. The hiatus after “ἀνδρί” may be due to the primitive length of the -“ι”, or we can read “ἀνέῤ”（“ι”). For the dat. ὧι after “ἔκλυες” see on 5.115, 16.515. The phrase is evidently meant to represent Hermes as a particularly affable god.

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

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