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[318] ἀκλεέες, which still survives even in MS. tradition, was doubtless the reading of Ar.: “οὕτως ἀκλεες” (sic) “αἱ Ἀριστάρχου καὶ αἱ χαριέστεραι” Did. (“ἀκλεὲς δὲ Ἀρίσταρχος κατὰ συγκοπήν, ὡς τὸ δυσκλέα” Schol. T'. This shews at all events that Ar. did not read either “ἀκληεῖς” or “ἀκλειεῖς” of the vulg., and as his reading must have been metrically possible, “ἀκλεέες” is a certain correction. The unique survival of such a form in a late book is noteworthy, and a remarkable confirmation of the theory that the open forms should always be restored. The correction had already been made by P. Knight.

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

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