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[56] ἐδήδαται, the reading of Aristarchus, is the regular third person plural of “ἔδηδα”, which is the only Homeric perfect of “ἔδω”. The plural is very harsh, however, after the sing. “ἐκπέποται”. The form ἐδήδεται, which Herodian gives as the 3rd sing., may be compared with “ὀρώρεται” (19. 377, 524), and with the Attic “ἐδήδεσμαι”, in which the ς may not be original. ἐδήδοται, the reading of all the MSS., can only be explained in connexion with non-Homeric forms, viz. “ἐδήδοκα” (Attic) or “ἐδήδοϝα” (on a Laconian inscription, C. I. G. 15). Hence it is probably not Homeric.

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