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[208] It seems necessary to read τεύξασθαι for the vulg. “τεύξεσθαι”: MSS. carry little weight here. The fut. is defended by Hentze as representing a ‘jussive’ or permissive “τεύξεσθε” (like “μαχήσονται” 7.30, “συλήσετε” 6.71, and cf. “ἐεισάσθην . . συλήσειν” 15.545. We must then suppose that ἀνώγοιμι is forgotten, and that there is a change of thought from commanding to simple saying. So far this is intelligible. But when we come to the end of the line we find τισαίμεθα, where the opt. is only explicable as ‘attracted’ to ἀνώγοιμι, which must therefore still be uppermost in the speaker's thought; otherwise the vaguer mood would be quite unsuitable to Achilles' confidence. It follows that we must read either “τεύξασθαι . . τισαίμεθα” or “τεύξεσθαι . . τισώμεθα” (with Heyne).

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

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