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[384] ἐπί: so MSS. and Ar., thus connecting it with the verb, and making “ἀγγελίην” a masc. in apposition with “Τυδῆ”, see note on 3.206. Or we may take “ἀγγελίην” as fem., an internal acc. with “ἐπίστειλαν”, like “ἐξεσίην ἐλθεῖν”. Others read “ἔπι”, and understand “ἐπ᾽ ἀγγελίην” = ‘for an embassy.’ Nauck reads “Τυδῆ᾽ ἔστειλαν”, omitting “ἐπί”, as the contracted “Τυδῆ” is a late form. Another emendation is “ἐπὶ Τυδέϊ τεῖλαν” (Brandreth), charged T. with a mission (“ἐπιτέλλειν”). The following story is repeated in 5.802-8, where the phrase used is “ἤλυθε νόσφιν Ἀχαιῶν ἄγγελος ἐς Θήβας”. It is no doubt adapted from Epic poems of the Theban war.

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

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