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[453] The opt. πέσοιεν throws into the background the fate of all but Andromache, which by the subj. ἄγηται is emphasized as a fact vividly foreseen. “ὑφαίνοις” and “φορέοις” which most edd. read in 456-7 would present less vividly the secondary consequences; but the whole tone of the passage seems to call for the prophetic subj. here, carried on as it is in “εἴπηισιν”. Bekker first adopted it in his text. On this point MS. authority counts for nothing.

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

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