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[350] Here as elsewhere in H. the MSS. give “ὀφέλλω” in the sense debere (“ὀφείλω”) as well as augere. The practice is so regular as to suggest that the orthography is more respectable than a mere error in transcription, and preserves a genuine Aiolic form. The natural tendency of error would be towards conformity with the Attic “ὀφείλω”. But 11.686, 698 are the only places where this has actually prevailed.

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

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