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[55] The construction of this sentence is rather involved, though the sense is clear enough. It begins as though ἥ τε were at once to receive its verb — as the sentence stands “οὐχ ὑποδέξομαι” (59). But in the course of utterance this is expanded; ὁ δ᾽ ἀνέδραμεν is added as though τέκον were the principal verb of the sentence, and thus the whole is resumed in a new principal sentence in two clauses, antithetical in form (τὸν μὲν . . τὸν δέ), though the objects are identical and only the verbs are contrasted. For all practical purposes “ἐπεί” is redundant, and the sentence would be clear if it were omitted. The structure is thus exactly the same as in P 658, where it is discussed at length.

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

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