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[465] περιτροπέοντες. On the analogy of “περιτροπέων ἐνιαυτός” we might construe this ‘oft turning round,’ viz. to see if the Cyclops were in pursuit. We should certainly rather expect to find a middle voice used, like “ἐντροπαλίζεσθαι” Il.6. 496; so that it is preferable to render περιτροπέοντες here ‘driving in,’ sc. into a compact flock, for the purpose of taking them down to the ship. Cp. “βοῦς περιταμνόμενον” Od.11. 402; 24.112. Fäsi compares Apoll. Rhod. Arg. 2. 143 “ἤδη δ᾽ ἄσπετα μῆλα περιτροπάδην ἐτάμοντο”

“ἥρωες”. We find “περιτροπέων” in the sense of ‘deceiving’ in h. Hom. Merc. 542.

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

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