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[324] τετράκυκλος (also Od. 9.242), one of the few cases in H. of a vowel left short before “τρ”, cf. “φαρέτρης” 8.323, “Ὀτρυντεύς” 20.383-84, and note on 23.84. “Ἀμφιτρύων” is excusable by metrical necessity. “ἀλλότριος” is the only word where the shortening is systematic — twice in Il., fifteen times in We Od. should have looked for “τεσσεράκυκλος” which should perhaps be read in Od. 9.242.

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

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