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[834] χρεώμενος, in use? or in case of need? For the former cf. “φρεσὶ γὰρ κέχρητ᾽ ἀγαθῆισιν” in Od.; for the latter “κεχρημένος” needing, in Od., and cf. note on 19.262. The perf. is the only tense which occurs elsewhere in H. except in the sense of uttering or consulting an oracle. The synizesis may be defended by that of “χρεώ”, but is hardly early. In any case Payne-Knight's “χρηόμενος: οὐ γάρ οἱ” is not justifiable in a late passage.

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

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