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[202] This is the only certain case in H. where ὑπό with acc. is used in a temporal sense; in later Greek it is not uncommon, but expresses ‘about the time of,’ not ‘during,’ as must be the case here (cf. however “ὑπὸ τὴν παροιχομένην νύκτα”, Herod.ix. 58). The use must be reckoned among the other linguistic peculiarities of the passage. For 22.102 “νύχθ᾽ ὕπο τήνδ᾽ ὀλοήν” see note there and H. G. § 203. μ᾽ ἠιτιάασθε, Zen. “μητιάασθε” as 22.174, a clearly inferior reading. Cf. Cobet M. C. 262, where he speaks of this as a palmaris coniectura of Ar. There is not the least ground for supposing that the reading is conjectural.

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

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