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[408] δαί Ar.; others “δ᾽ αἱ”, which is perhaps preferable. There is no other case in H. of two articles coming together; but in this late book such a consideration is of less weight. δαί is also unknown to H. except in the two equally late passages, Od. 1.225 (?), Od. 24.299. The latter instance is very similar to the present, as “δαί” there, as here, only adds another question to those already asked, and thus loses the tone of surprise which it possesses in DAttic. üntzer would read “δ᾽ αὖ”, which is certainly more natural.

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

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