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[189] τέως as an iambus is a sign of lateness; it recurs only in 24.658, Od. 18.190. The regular scansion is -u or -- (= “τῆος”): it is monosyllabic by synizesis four times in Od.; compare note on “ἕως,” 1.193. For περ it will be seen that there is a variant “γε” with strong support. The scholia simply say that Ar. omitted “περ”, which is of course metrically impossible; the fact that P has “γε” makes it very probable that this was Ar.'s reading, “περ” and “καί” being alterations to avoid the hiatus in the principal caesura.

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

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