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[32] ἤν should probably make room for the poorly attested “εἴ”: but in a late book the question is doubtful. κεῖται, a subj. form recurring in (22.163?,) 24.554, Od. 2.102, (Od. 5.395)?, Od. 19.147. The regular form from indic. “κεῖται” would be “κεί-ε-ται”, which seems to have passed through “κε<*>εται” into “κέεται” (the -“ι”- becoming semivocalic and falling out as often). This form can be generally restored (see on 24.554). The contracted “κεῖται” naturally arises from the influence of the indic., while “κῆται” is a further corruption due to the general tendency to assimilate the vowel of the non-thematic subj. to that of the thematic. See H. G. § 81. τελεσφόρον, bringing completion of the cycle of the seasons and growth of the crops — elsewhere a purely Odyssean word.

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

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