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[372] εἰς ἄτην, cp. “εἰπεῖν εἰς ἀγαθόν Il.9. 102, “ἐς μίαν βουλεύειν Il.2. 379, “ἐς φόβον Il.15. 310.In later Greek “ἐπί” is more familiar in this sense, as “ἐπὶ λώβᾳSoph. Antig.792.

νηλέι ὕπνῳ, as compared with “νήδυμος ὕπνος” sup., suggests a hiatus; but “ὕπνος” stands properly for “συπνος”, as the Lat. som-nu-s, sop-or, and Skt. svap-na-s show.

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