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[423] ἀντ́ησω, here only with gen. of meeting an opponent (and “σέθεν ἀντιάσαιμεν” 7.231), the dat. being the regular case, 6.399, 7.423, and so with “ἀντιάαν” 6.127, 21.151, 431; we have “ἀντήσειε μάχης” 7.158 and “ἀντιάαν πολέμοιο” frequently, when the gen. is clearly partitive; here it is to be explained from the ‘improper preposition’ “ἄντα”, and is probably the ‘pure’ gen. (H. G. § 152). These words of Sarpedon's are the only indication of any doubt on the Trojans' part as to who Patroklos really is; they clearly intimate that he is not mistaken for Achilles (“οἶδε μὲν ὅτι οὐκ Ἀχιλλεύς: ἀγνοεῖ δὲ εἰ Πάτροκλός ἐστιν”, Sch. T'.

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

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