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[2] ἀπεψύχοντο, “διχῶς, καὶ ἀνεψύχοντο καὶ ἀπεψύχοντο: χαριεστέρα δὲ ἡ διὰ τοῦ ν”, Did. (A); but “ὁ δὲ Ἀρίσταρχος ἀνεψύχοντο γράφει. χαριέστερον δὲ τὸ ἀπεψύχοντο”, B (the last sentence also in T'. Both these contradictory statements are suspicious; “ἀπό” is clearly the preposition required, and there is no hint of a variation where the word recurs (11.621, 21.561). In 5.795, 10.575 “ἀνα”- is in place. ἀκέοντο, a unique use. The word is regularly used of healing wounds; but is found also of patching up ships Od. 14.383, and repairing an error 13.115, Od. 10.69.

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

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