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[603] 603 = 20.98. πάρα εἷς: the hiatus here can hardly be right; van Herw. conj. “πάρ᾽ ἄρ᾽ εἷς”, Bentley “πάρα τίς γε” (Brandreth “τίς τε”), Nauck “πάρ᾽ ἕεις”, a form which is found in Hesiod Theog. 145, but is evidently only a false case of ‘Epic diectasis.’ The simplest change would be “πάρ᾽ ἰός γε”: “ἰῶι” is found in 6.422 and is now recognised as a genuine form beside “ἰῆς, ἰῆι, ἴαν”. There is no reason why the nom. should not have been used, and the rarity of it would explain the corruption.

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

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