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[218] ἐπῆλθε: Ar. “ἦλθε” to preserve the familiar scansion. But “ὄρνι^ς” recurs in 24.219, and in Attic we find “ὄρνιν” and “ὄρνεις”, and occasionally “ὄρνι^ς”, Soph. Ant. 1021, Soph. El. 149, Eur. Her. 72. “ὄρνι^ς” is the original stem, “ὄρνι_ς” is from “ὀρνι-ιθ-”, a diminutive; cf. “μάστι_ξ” = “μαστι-ιγ-ς” beside “μάστι^ς”. The form should not be interfered with, and the compound “ἐπῆλθε” is required as in 200. “ὄρνι_ς” occurs in 9.323, but there length may be due to the ictus.

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

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    • Euripides, Heracles, 72
    • Homer, Iliad, 24.219
    • Homer, Iliad, 9.323
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 1021
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