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[307] βιβάς: “βιβῶν πᾶσαι εἶχον . . Ἀρίσταρχος βιβῶν”, Did. In 7.213 we are told that Ar. read “βιβάς”. It is therefore probable that he admitted both forms as justifiable, and did not fear the inconsistency of following MS. authority in each place. Our MSS. retain this inconsistency in a marked degree. In 3.22, 7.807, 16.609, Od. 11.539, all (as far as is known) agree in the form with -“ῶ”-; in 7.213, 13.18, 13.158, 13.371, Od. 9.450, Od. 17.27, all equally agree in the form with -“ά”-; only here and in 686 below is there any division of authority, in both cases with a large majority in favour of “βιβάς”. This form is undoubtedly preferable linguistically; but we have no right, in the face of the evidence, to expel “βιβῶν” from the text where unanimously supported.

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

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