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[331] πεπαλάσθαι. Cp. Schol. on Il.7. 171“οὕτως Ἀρίσταρχος καὶ Ἡρωδιανὸς διὰ τοῦ ς . . οὐ διὰ τοῦ χ”. Similarly Schol. H. here and Eustath. 1631. 14. If the reading be right, it must be referred to “παλάζομαι” or some such form of “πάλλομαι”, or if it be still taken from “παλάσσω” we must notice the peculiarity in following a “τ” rather than a “κ” for the characteristic letter of the verb; cp. “πεπάσμην” ( Il.24. 642) from “πατέομαι”. Ahrens regards “πεπαλάσθαι” as a reduplic. aor. from “πάλλομαι” with the substitution of “α” for “ε”. Transl. ‘I bade them cast lots among themselves.’ “πάλλειν” is used properly of the “ψῆφοι” shaken in the helmet; here it is transferred per metonymiam to those who shake the pebbles. Cp. Soph. El.709“στάντες δ᾽ ἵν᾽ αὐτοὺς οἱ τεταγμένοι βραβῆς”

“κλήρους [κλήροις] ἔπηλαν”.

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

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