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[387] παλάσσετο, apparently a case of the Schema Pindaricum; it is hardly possible to suppose, as is commonly said, that the number depends on the distant “γούνατα”, and 3.327 “ἵπποι . . καὶ ποικίλα τεύχε᾽ ἔκειτο” is obviously not parallel. Even in the Schema Pindaricum the verb rarely follows its subjects. (We find, however, “μελιγάρυες ὑμνοὶ ὑστέρων ἀρχὰ λόγων τέλλεται”, Pind. O. xi. 5.See Kühner Gr. §§ 367. 1; 370. 4. The use is only found with inanimate subjects, and is evidently analogous to the construction of the neuter plural with the singular verb.) The line can hardly be mended unless we write “κνήμας, πόδας, ἕκαστος, χεῖρας”, and “ὀφθαλμώ”. μαρναμένοιιν, another curious piece of grammar; presumably the dual refers to the two armies. The variant “μαρϝαμένοισιν” can hardly be supported against the general consensus, in view of the common tendency to substitute plur. for dual. “μαρναμένοιο” Brandreth.

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

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