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[220] ζάκοτον: the idea seems to be what we call ‘sulky’; “κότος” implies resentment rather than open anger, and is thus contrasted with “χόλος” in 1.82. Odysseus, by not employing the outward signs of appeal and persuasion, looks like a man who in deep resentment chooses to hold aloof from his fellows. “ τέ τιν̓ ”: “τινά ϝ᾽” Brandreth (see the variant'. The caesura is insufficient in any case. For φαίης κε = diceres, crederes, cf. 392, 4.429, 15.697, etc. αὔτως, a mere simpleton; 1.133.

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

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