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[135] ἐπεὶ μάλα πῖαρ ὑπ᾽ οὖδας, ‘since very rich soil spreads below the surface.’ For ὑπό with the accusative in such a signification cp. “ὑπ᾽ αὐγάς” Od.2. 181, “ὑπ᾽ ἠῶ ἠέλιόν τε” Il.5. 267, “οὔτε γὰρ ὕπεστι οἰκήματα ὑπὸ γῆν” Hdt.2. 127.See also Hom. Od.22. 362; 24. 234. Some take πῖαρ as an adjective agreeing with οὖδας, regarding it as a neuter to “πίων”, of which the irregular feminine is “πίειρα”. In this case it would be necessary to write ὕπ̓ = “ὕπεστι”. But it is better to follow Buttm. in making “πῖαρ” a substantive, as “βοῶν ἐκ πῖαρ ἑλέσθαι” Hom. Il.11. 550.Cp. h. Hom. Ap. 60 “ἐπεὶ οὔ τοι πῖαρ ὑπ᾽ οὖδας”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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