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[312] ἐπ́ηινησαν with dat. is very rare in later Greek (“ὑμῖν ἐπαινῶ γλῶσσαν εὔφημον φέρειν”, Aisch. Cho. 581). The commoner use with the acc., however, is only found once in H., “μύθον ἐπαινήσαντες” 2.335, while we have “οὔ τοι ἐπαινέομεν” 4.29 (= 17.443, 22.181), and the dat. well suits the sense of the word, ‘to assent to.’ The verb is most commonly used in H. absolutely, without an object.

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

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