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[128] The subj. γινώσκηις is undoubtedly right after “ἕλον”, because the object of the past action is still future; H. G. § 298. 2. It is noteworthy that the MSS. have with hardly any exception retained the forms “γινώσκω” and “γίνομαι” against the old Attic “γιγν-. γιν-” is common to Ionic, Doric, Thessalian, and Boiotian, and appears to represent a primitive Greek assimilation, through the stage gingn- (Brugm. Gr. i. p. 364). On the other hand, it prevailed also in the later “κοινή”, which may of course have affected the MSS.

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

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