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[340] ἰσχία: accus. of the part affected, as though “δάκνηι” or the like preceded; for “ἅπτομαι” does not take a direct accusative in Homer. δοκεύει: this change from subjunctive to indicative is very rare after the simple “τε”, though common after “δέ τε”: hence Thiersch is perhaps right in reading “δοκεύηι”. In such a matter the tradition is of little importance. The verb means ‘watches for him as he keeps turning round.’

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

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