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[197] The lengthening in thesis by “ν ἐφελκ”. alone of the last syll. of θυγατέρεσσιν is rare in the second foot, though not uncommon in the first. Compare, however, the similar rhythm of 1.388 “ἠπείλησεν μῦθον”, and so 3.348. The variant “κε” for τε is perhaps right, but the pure opt. is quite admissible in a concessive sense (H. G. § 299 d); it expresses ‘for all I care.’ The words ‘it is better for his children for him to scold them’ mean really of course ‘it is better that he should scold his children.’ For ἐνισσέμεν and its relation to “ἐνίπτω” see H. G. § 46, Brugmann Gr. ii. p. 1042, Curtius Et. no. 623.

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

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