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[262] ἀποαίνυμαι, I am wont to take. The verb varies between this form (also in Od. 12.419, Od. 14.309, Od. 17.322) and “ἀπαίνυμαι” (11.582, 15.595, 17.85) like “ἀποαίρεο” 1.275 by the commoner “ἀφαιρεῖσθαι”. There is no ground for assuming an initial Ϝ. οὐ γὰρ ὀΐω may be taken as a modest expression, ‘I do not think that I stand far off when I fight’; and this is to some extent supported by Meriones' use of the word “φημί” below (269). But it is more Homeric to understand ‘I have no mind, I do not care to stand far off’; as in 1.170, 1.296, Od. 8.180 “ἐν πρώτοισιν ὀΐω ἔμμεναι”.

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

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