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[266] 266-83 are regarded as a later interpolation by Heyne, Düntzer, Nauck, Fick, etc. They contain two flagrant ‘violations’ of the digamma, “ἀφίξεται Ιλιον” and “ἕξομεν ἄστυ”, and several strange expressions noted below. The latter could all be removed by the excision of 272-76, leaving only one violation of “ϝ”. We are not dealing with an ancient part; and it is indispensable to retain 266-71, 277-83, for the sake of the very effective allusions in Hector's reply to the actual words of Polydamas (see on 303).

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

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