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[407] αὐτῶι here seems to be reflexive. This use is very rare, see H. G. § 252 ad fin.; but it is very difficult to separate “αὐτῶι” from the undoubtedly reflexive ἕθεν, with which it is parallel; and “αὐτόν” (“μιν”) is clearly reflexive in Od. 4.244, 247. The other instances of the reflexive use quoted by Ebeling ( Lex. i. 204 a) are susceptible of different explanation. It is possible here to understand ‘he did not expect that P. would take Troy without himself, nor that he (Achilles) would take it with him (Patroklos)’; but the harshness of such a construction is obvious. Perhaps the explanation is found in the lateness of the passage; the author may have been familiar with the reflexive “σὺν αὑτῶι”.

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

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