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[75] ἀκίχητα in a vague sense, what cannot be caught; cf. the proverbial “τὰ πετόμενα διώκειν”. Acc. to Nikanor “τὸ ἀκίχητά φασι Ποσειδώνιον τὸν Ἀριστάρχου ἀναγνώστην τοῖς ἑξῆς προσνέμειν, καὶ τὸν Ἀρίσταρχον ἀποδέχεσθαι”. It appears therefore that it had been usual to read “θέεις ἀκίχητα, διώκων ἵππους”, taking “ἀκίχητα” as adv. This same Poseidonios, Ar.'s ‘reader,’ is mentioned again on 6.511 (see App. Crit.) as an authority on the division of words. For the employment of professional readers cf. ad Att. i. 12, Plut. Alex. liv., Plut. Crass. ii.Possibly Ar. may have employed Poseidonios to illustrate his lectures by recitation.

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

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