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[85] θεοπρόπιον: the neuter form occurs only here in H. (and possibly 6.438, where however it is merely a question of accent), and seems harsh in the immediate neighbourhood of the commoner “θεοπροπίη” (87). Hence both “θεοπροπιῶν” and “-πέων” (Nauck, as 109) have been conjectured here. But “θεοπρόπιον” is well established in Herod. (e.g. i. 54, 68). “θεοπρόπος” is probably one who prays to a god (“προπ-” is perhaps conn. with Lat. prec-, procus, etc.). In Herod. it is used of one who consults an oracle (i. 67). (Cf. [“θ”]“ιοπροπίοντος Οἰνοχίδαο”, Collitz 494, 17, from Orchomenos.)

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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