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[400] πολίων may be a partitive gen. after πηι, but it is more in accordance with Homeric use to take it in the vague local sense, lit. ‘lead me any farther on in the region of cities, whether of Phrygia or Maionia.’ These regions of course are mentioned as being farther eastward, away from home.

400-5. The punctuation is that of Lehrs and Ameis. Most editors follow Nikanor and put notes of interrogation after “ἀνθρώπων” and “παρέστης”, and a comma after “ἄγεσθαι”. But “οὕνεκα” regularly follows the clause of which it gives the explanation; Lehrs (Ar. p. 57 n.) denies that two clauses correlated by “οὕνεκα...τούνεκα” occur in Homer; he would also put a full stop after “ἔργα” in 13.727-9, q.v., and cf. 11.21-3. εἰ by itself with indic. also appears not to occur in an interrog. sentence (Hentze, Anh.). Thus the victory of Menelaos is made a reason for supposing that Aphrodite will immediately wish to take further measures for removing Helen. As Lehrs says, after the removal of the notes of interrogation, “multo acerbior evadit ironia.”

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

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