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[115] οὐ ψεῦδος is in a sort of predicative apposition with ἄτας, or, if the phrase be considered more explanatory, the accus. is ‘adverbial.’ Cf. 4.155 “θάνατόν νύ τοι ὅρκι᾽ ἔταμνον,” Od. 7.297 “ταῦτα .. ἀληθείην κατέλεξα”. Thou speakest of my infatuation (so as to be) not a falsehood, i.e. thou truly relatest. So in mod. Greek “τὸ λὲς” (= “λέγεις”) “ψεύματα”, ‘what you say is lies.’ For Agamemnon's “ἄτη” see l. 18, and for “ἀασάμην” 8.237, 19.91. Erhardt's conj. “κατέλεγξας” is ingenious but not needed.

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

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