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[320] Carelessly wheels wide to right and left, i.e. in making the turn he pulls his horses first one way and then the other, thus covering a great deal of needless ground (“ἐπὶ πολλόν”). This is the proper sense of ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα: as the race appears to take place only out and in (see on 373) the phrase can hardly mean at both ends of the course (Agar in J. P. XXV. 316 ff.). It is clear from 309, 466 that “ἑλίσσειν” implies the actual turn; there is no use of the word which would justify the translation swerve (in the straight'. It is opposed to “στρέφει ἐγγύθεν” (323). For πολλόν Bentley conj. “πολλά”, van Herwerden “πουλύ”.

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

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