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[171] For the phrase μάχης ἑτεραλκέα νίκην see 7.26. According to Nikanor, the comma must be put after “Τρώεσσι”, as is always printed, “ἐὰν γὰρ συνάπτωμεν, σολοικοφανὲς γίνεται”. i.e. he objects to taking “σῆμα” as adverbial accusative, ‘by way of a sign,’ and joining “τιθεὶς ἑτ. νίκην Τρώεσσι”, ‘appointing for the Trojans a turning of the tide of battle.’ This construction is perhaps possible, though not very Homeric; it may have been suggested by the fact that the common phrase is “σήματα φαίνων”, or the like. There is no difficulty in taking both “νίκην” and “σῆμα” with “τιθείς” by a slight zeugma.

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

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