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[257] περί is here just on the boundary line between an adverb and preposition, as in 1.258; cf. “βουλῆι περιίδμεναι ἄλλων” 13.728, with “περὶ πάντων ἔμμεναι” 1.287. It is unimportant which we call it, though its position rather separates it from the gen., which in any case is a gen. of comparison (ablative), not partitive, “περί” meaning beyond; H. G. § 185.

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

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