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[612] ἀξίνη, a weapon mentioned again only in 15.711, of which we can therefore give no account. The scholia suggest that Peisandros carries it in view of the attack upon the ships. The axe was a familiar weapon in Mykenaian times, and in the “Karian” double form was a most important religious symbol (Evans J. in J. H. S. xxi. 99 ff.). πελέκκωι, handle, here only; for the form cf. “ἡμιπέλεκκα” 23.851, on the analogy of which Heyne suggests “ἐλάϊνον ἀμφιπέλεκκον” here.

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

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