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[39] 39-49. “ὁ τῶν Νηρεΐδων χορὸς προηθέτηται καὶ παρὰ Ζηνοδότωι ὡς Ἡσιόδειον ἔχων χαρακτῆρα: Ὅμηρος γὰρ κατὰ τὸ κοινὸν Μούσας λέγει καὶ Εἰλειθυίας ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ὀνόματα”, Did. There can be no doubt that this judgment is right; the names seem to be selected from the longer list in Hesiod Theog. 243 ff. The repetition of the greater part of 38 in 49 as a ‘catchword’ is a familiar sign of interpolation.

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

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