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[48] ἐπ᾽ ἤματι, in a day's space, as 19.229, Od. 2.284 “ἐπ᾽ ἤματι πάντας ὀλέσθαι,” Od. 12.105, Od. 14.105, and 8.529 “ἐπὶ νυκτί”. Ar. “ἐν ἤματι”, followed by a few MSS. There is much to be said for the conj. of Schrevelius, “ἕν᾽” (= “ἑνί”), as we should expect the idea one to be expressed. There is no antithesis between μητίσασθαι and ἔρρεξε: this would require an “οὐδέ” in the former sentence, and practically in Homeric language “μητίσασθαι” implies “ῥέξαι”, like “μήσατο” in 52.

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

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