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[53] Neither the form νεμεσσηθῶμεν (or -“έωμεν”) for -“ήομεν”, nor the position of “οι<*>” in the sentence, nor the neglect of its “Ϝ”, which “ϝοι” of all words retains most obstinately, can be right. All the difficulties are happily solved by reading “μή ϝ᾽”（“οι”) “ἀγαθῶι περ ἐόντι νεμεσσηθήομεν ἡμεῖς” (-“είομεν” Bekker, -“ήομεν” Wackernagel, “μή ϝ᾽” van L.).

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

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