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[489] Διόθεν, an assumption explained by the next line. It would seem more natural for Hector to attribute the act to Apollo, after the visible appearance of that god on his behalf (254 ff.; see also 8.311); but since 366, where, as was pointed out, the episode of the “ἀπάτη Διός” properly ends, Apollo has been entirely forgotten, and Zeus, though his actual presence on the field is not mentioned nor perhaps even implied, is the only god who interferes. This is a slight indication of difference of authorship, but, in connexion with others, not insignificant.

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

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