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[106] In φίλος the scholia see a mocking allusion to the claim of hospitality. But it clearly marks a sudden change of Achilles' impulsive mood to a real pity for his victim — a far finer touch. It is not necessary to do more than mention the punctuation after “θάνε”, which found some favour in antiquity: my friend died; so why dost thou, etc. It is a question if instead of οὕτω<*> we should not, in spite of MS. authority, read “αὔτως”, as more Homeric.

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

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