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[739] ἐπιβρέμει, roars upon, or possibly makes to roar; the middle “βρέμεται” is commoner than the act., which may sometimes have had a transitive sense. P. Knight conj. “βρέμεται δ᾽ ἐπὶ ϝίς”, Brandreth “βρέμεται δέ τε ϝίς”, Bentley “ἐπέβρεμε ϝίς”, but the imperf. has no place in a simile. See 21.356 “καίετο δ᾽ ἴς”. In a passage of this character we have no right to condemn the line for such an offence as a neglected “ϝ”.

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

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