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[263] ἵππων may be gen. after “ἐπα̈ῖξαι”, cf. 13.687 “ἐπαΐσσοντα νεῶν” and other genitives after verbs of aiming (H. G. § 151 c). μεμνημένος is then added as in 19.153 “ὧδέ τις ὑμείων μεμνημένος ἀνδρὶ μαχέσθω”, both lines being instances of the common Greek habit of expressing by the participle what we give in the principal verb: ‘do not forget to spring at the horses.’ On the other hand “ἐπαΐσσειν” is commonly used absolutely, so that it is equally possible, though less idiomatic, to make “ἵππων” dependent on “μεμνημένος”, ‘spring forward thinking only of the horses.’ 323 is in favour of this; there, however, “ἐπαΐξας” may directly govern “ἵππους” (cf. 7.240, 12.308; it takes the dat. also, Od. 10.322, Od. 14.281, 23.64?).

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

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