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[265] ἠϊόνος of J and Eust. (“ἰστέον ὅτι οὐ μόνον πληθυντικῶς γράφεται ἠϊόνες βοόωσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν γενικῆι ἑνικῆι ἄκραι ἠϊόνος”） is recommended by the very similar 4.425 “ἀμφὶ δέ τ᾽ ἄκρας κυρτὸν ἰὸν κορυφοῦται. ἄκραι” is a subst. also in 14.36, Od. 9.285; “ἄκρον” perhaps in 14.293, 20.229, Od. 3.278. The epithet, when a mere epithet, is not to be separated from its substantive by the end of the line; see on 13.611. Here, if we read “ἄκραι ἠϊόνες”, we must translate by the shores echo to their farthest points, or the like. ἐρευγομένης, cf. Od. 5.402-03 “ῥόχθει γὰρ μέγα κῦμα ποτὶ ξερὸν ἠπείροιο δεινὸν ἐρευγόμενον,” 438 “κύματος ἐξαναδὺς τά τ᾽ ἐρεύγεται ἤπειρόνδε”. The verb perhaps expresses only the idea of roaring, Lat. rug-io; see 15.621. ἔξω, beyond its own limits, on to the land. Bentley's conj. “εἴσω” (into the river) is hardly needed.

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

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