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[203] “χόλωι ἀρσενικῶς ἀντὶ τοῦ χολῆι. ὑπερβολικῶς οὐ γάλακτι, ἀλλὰ χολῆι”, Ar. This is apparently right; “χόλος” is of course originally only another form of “χολή”, though throughout Greek it is elsewhere used only in the metaphorical sense, while “χολή” is found in both the physical and metaphorical meanings. The alternative rendering ‘thy mother reared thee for anger ’ is intolerably weak, though the constr. is supported by 1.418 “κακῆι αἴσηι τέκον”, where see the note.

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

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