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[139] The idea of a sound coming round a person is not uncommon in Homer, cf. 2.41 “θείη δέ μιν ἀμφέχυτ᾽ ὀμφή,” Od. 19.444 (Od. 16.6) “τὸν .. περὶ κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν”, and Od. 17.261 “περὶ δέ σφεας ἤλυθ᾽ ἰωή”. For the φρένες as the organ in which sleep is situated cf. 14.164 “τῶι δ᾽ ὕπνον .. χεύηι ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν ἰδὲ φρεσί” (Fulda). ἰωή: see 4.276.

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

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