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[67] There is no apparent principle in the pairing of the gods, except in the antagonism of Hephaistos and Skamandros, fire and water. The scholia give long disquisitions on the hidden meaning supposed to be conveyed; the only point of interest in them is that one, which makes Athene an allegory of wisdom, Aphrodite of desire, etc., is said by Porphyrios to be “ἀρχαῖος πάνυ καὶ ἀπὸ Θεαγένους τοῦ Π̔ηγίνου, ὃς πρῶτος ἔγραψε περὶ Ὁμήρου”. Of this Theagenes we know only that he is called the first Greek grammarian, and that acc. to Tatian he was contemporary with Kambyses (529-522 B.C.). See Sengebusch Hom. Diss. Prior pp. 210-13, Schrader Porph. p. 384. ἔναντα and ἰά for “ἰούς” are both “ἅπαξ λεγόμενα” in H.; the latter form seems not to recur in Greek. ἄνακτος, the “Ϝ” is neglected.

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

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