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[56] ἵστασαν: so P. Knight for the “ἔστασαν” of tradition and Ar., which is taken to be for “ἔστησαν”, but is an impossible form. (G. Meyer's suggestion, Gr. § 530, that the sigmatic aor. like other tenses may have originally had a weak stem for the pl., of which this is a solitary relic, is very improbable.) It occurs in other passages, but in each case with the variant “ἵστασαν”, which has rightly been adopted by edd. (see Od. 3.182, also Od. 8.435, Od. 18.307, 2.525, 18.346). For the imperf. where we use the pluperf. see H. G. § 73; and also § 72. 2. Nauck's conj. “ἤραρον” is needless.

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

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