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[465] “γ᾽ ἔτι”, though it has been defended, does not give so good a sense as γέ τι. πυθέσθαι with the gen. of the thing seems here to mean not, as usual, ‘hear the news of,’ but ‘hear’ directly; otherwise the phrase is intolerably weak. Hentze compares 15.224, where, however, the more usual meaning is admissible. Another case will be found in the phrase “πυθέσθαι ἀγγελίης”, to hear news, which occurs 17.641, 685, 18.19. For θ᾽ ἐλκηθμοῖο Nauck conj. “τε κλαυθμοῖο”, which, however, is not an improvement; “βοῆς” and “ἑλκηθμοῖο” go together by hendiadys. “ἕλκειν” is regularly used of captive women, with at least a suggestion of ravishment; cf. 22.62, 65, Od. 11.580.

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

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