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[142] The synizesis of ἐδεύεο is rare, and the few other instances which occur in the Iliad are of doubtful authenticity. See H. G. § 378*, van L. Ench. p. 298, and note on 13.818. In 4.264 (= 19.139) read “ὄρσο” for “ὄρσευ”. For “εὔχευ” 24.290 see note there. All other instances occur before vowels, where we can write -“ἐ” for -“εο”. Here Fick reads “μάχης ἄρ᾽ ἐδεύεο πολλόν” (rather “ἄρα δεύεο”), but there is no obvious reason why this should have been changed. But the Od. contains some nine cases where -“ευ” cannot well be avoided; so it is best to acquiesce in the text, as another indication that the language of this passage is late, and similar to that of the Od. rather than There Il. were those who held that a dactyl was admissible in the 6th foot; see note on 24.269. — For the phrase itself see note on 13.310.

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

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