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[285] ἐρύκεται, stops it, as though saying ‘go no farther.’ This use of the middle is found only here. Cauer's conj. “ἐρεύγεται” (15.621, 17.265, Od. 5.403) is plausible, but has no bearing on the picture. προσπλάζον, beating up against it. Cf. 11.351, 2.132, 21.269. The verb is conn. with “πληγή”, not with “πέλας”. For ἄλλά τε of MSS., Heyne followed by most edd. reads “ἄλλα δέ”, which is a little simpler but not necessary, as we can take the clause “κῦμα .. ἐρύκεται” as parenthetical, so that “τε” is co-ordinate with (“καί”) “τε” in the preceding line.

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

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