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[886] “νεκάδεσσιν, ἅπ. λεγόμενον”. Cf. 15.118 “κεῖσθαι ὁμοῦ νεκύεσσι μεθ᾽ αἵματι καὶ κονίηισιν”, and 16.661 “ἐν νεκύων ἀγύρει”: see also note on 397. Ares, being immortal, seems a little confused between his two alternatives; the contrast to “ζὼς ἔα” should of course be “ἔθανον”: this being impossible he has to substitute the rather weak expression of the text.

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

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