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[386] εὖτε, see note on 3.10. There is no choice but to accept this (or “ηὖτε”) in the sense as; Ar., if it is true that he adopted “αὖτε” on second thoughts, held that we could ‘understand’ “ὡς” as in his interpretation of “ὁ δὲ φῆ κώδειαν ἀνασχών” 14.499. But the supposition is untenable in both cases. In Epic language “τῶι δ᾽ αὖτε πτερὰ γίνετο” could only mean ‘they became (literal) wings again to him,’ which is not to be believed. ἄειρε itself shows that a particle of comparison is required, unless we are to imagine Achilles soaring in the following scenes. When the particle precedes we see that it covers “ἄειρε δέ”, like wings to lift him.

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

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