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[755] τῶν δέ seems to stand for “οἱ δέ” by a sort of attraction to the case of “ψαρῶν”, as though to emphasize the comparison. We may, however, understand “τῶν νέφος” on the analogy of “νέφος εἵπετο πεζῶν” 4.274. Cf. 16.66. Even so there is an anacoluthon. Notice the older form ψαρῶν beside the Ionic “ψῆρες” in 16.583. Schmidt J. explains the two forms as due to the original declension “ψήρ, ψα^ρός”, the nom. and oblique cases having been reduced to a common form in two different ways.

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

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