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[299] ὅτ᾽ οὐκέτι φυκτὰ πέλοντο, ‘when there was no more chance of escape.’ Cp. “ἐπεὶ οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτὰ πέλονται” Od.20. 223.The emphasis thrown on τότε δή seems to declare for the reading “ὅτ[ε”], but many modern editors prefer ὅ τε, i. e. “ὅτι τε”, comparing Od.3. 166; 12.295.

With φυκτά in the sense of an abstract noun=‘escape’ cp. “ἶσα”= ‘equality,’ Od.2. 203, “ἄριστα”=‘success,’ Od.3. 129.The reading (see crit. note) πέλοιτο for “πέλοντο” perhaps shows that “ὅ τε” for “ὅτι” was known to the Scholl.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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