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[198] The idea may be either that two lions come upon a goat which has just been run down by hounds, and snatch it away from them, as in 3.23; or that they seize the goat from a herd protected by the goatherd's dogs. Schol. B objects “οὐ συμμαχοῦσιν ἀλλήλοις λέοντες, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἁρπάσαντος συναρπάζει ὑπαντῶν ὁ ἕτερος ἑκατέρου τὴν ἄγραν εἰς ἑαυτὸν κατάγοντος”. It was apparently for this reason that Zen. read “αἶγε”, giving one goat to each lion, but spoiling the appropriateness of the simile. The scholia quote from Aischylos (fr. 30) “εἷλκον δ᾽ ἄνω λυκηδόν, ὥστε διπλόοι λύκοι νεβρὸν φέρουσιν ἀμφὶ μασχάλαις”.

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

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