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[381] ὑπέρτατος, the top of a heap of stones piled up by way of ammunition against the breastwork. The acc. ἔπαλξιν may be explained perhaps by the use of “κεῖμαι” as a perf. of “τίθημι”, and so implying motion. But we should expect “ἐπάλξει”, for the use of “παρά” with acc., without a verb of motion, is used only of one thing, or series of things, stretching along another. οὐδέ κέ μιν ῥέα: Brandreth conj. “οὐδέ κε ῥεῖα χειρί ϝε τῆι ἑτέρηι” (“χερσί μιν ἀμφοτέρηισιν ἀνὴρ ἔχοι” Nauck), Menrad “οὔ κέ ϝε ῥεῖα”.

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

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