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[371] κασίγνητος καὶ ὄπατρος, son of the same mother and father, as 11.257. “κασίγνητος” is elsewhere used in a more general sense (e.g. 15.545, 16.456), but here the addition of “ὄπατρος” seems to shew that it means a brother uterine (cf. 19.293). In that case it is in contradiction with 8.284 (q.v.) (“Τεῦκρον”) “νόθον περ ἐόντα”. It is, however, perhaps possible to take “καὶ ὄπατρος” epexegetically, ‘his brother, to wit the son of his father.’

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

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