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[425] ἁραιήν Ar., “ἀραιήν” vulgo. The word must once have begun with a consonant, probably “ϝ”, on account of the hiatus here and 18.411, 20.37; the two other places where it occurs, 16.161, Od. 10.90, prove nothing. No plausible etymology has been suggested. The soft breathing probably arose from the idea that the word meant destructive, and came from “ἀρή” or “ῥαίω”: but this is not tenable. The vulg. “κατεμύξατο” shews the strong tendency of the scribes to insert the augment. The verb is of course “ἀμύσσω” (1.243, 19.284). The περόνη is the fibula with which the old Greek (‘Doric’) “πέπλος” was fastened over the shoulder, so that “ἐυπέπλων” is something more than an otiose epithet.

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

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