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[708] μάλα must be taken with the preceding partic. as 17.571 “ἐργομένη μάλα,” Od. 24.400 “ἐελδομένοισι μάλ᾽ ἡμῖν”. This weakens the caesura and gives a disagreeable rhythm, but that is to be reckoned among the other peculiarities of this doubtful passage. “μάλα” intensifies the idea of closeness given by “παρ”-, as in 17.502 “μάλ᾽ ἐμπνείοντε μεταφρένωι”, cf. 17.359 “μάλ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ αὐτῶι βεβάμεν”.

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

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