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[681] This is the first mention of the ship of Protesilaos, which plays a prominent part in the fighting at the end of O. Αἴαντος without an adj. must mean the Telamonian; though acc. to 11.8-9 his ships were at the extremity of the line, and in 11.5 the centre is occupied by those of Odysseus. But we need not trouble ourselves about the discrepancy with so late a passage as the introduction to “Λ” — certainly not to the extent of supposing with Ar. that the Oïlean Aias is meant. In O the Telamonian is intimately connected with the defence of Protesilaos’ ship; and this is quite sufficient ground for the momentary association of the two here.

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

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