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[386] The neglect of the “ϝ” of ϝιλίου is comparatively rare (see, however, 5.204, 7.345, 18.270, 21.128, where the remedy is not obvious). Here Brandreth conj. “ϝίλου μέγαν”. Heyne suggests that 386-7 are a later variant of 388-9; but “ἐπειγομένη” and “μαινομένηι” need some explanation. Van L. points out that the name “Ἰλίου” itself seems rather out of place, and suggests that the original may have been “μέγα νηπίη”. It must be remembered, however, that “πύργον” means rather fortification than tower (see on 4.334), and in any case the phrase is no stranger than the “Tower of London.”

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

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