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[304] Brandreth and van L. (really in order to get rid of “ἄν”) urge that Odysseus ought to say ‘Hector has come nigh thee’ in bivouacking by the ships. Hence Brandreth reads “ἐπεὶ ἂρ μάλα” (van L. “ἕλοισθα, ἐπεὶ μάλα” or “ἕλοις ἐπεὶ ἦ μάλα”) “τοι σχεδὸν ἦλθε”. This, however, does not really give so good a sense; Odysseus urges that Hector has lost his head (“λύσσαν ἔχων”) at his unexpected success, and now it may be that he will meet Achilles. It is useless to attempt the reduction of so late a book to the oldest Epic norm.

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

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