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[458] For καγ γόνυ some good MSS. read “κακ γόνυ”. This is no doubt meant to express, what is clearly the fact, that the first “γ” is not the nasal but the mute, being completely assimilated to the second, as in “κάββαλε”. The Greek alphabet has no unambiguous means of representing gg. (The variant “κάμβαλε” for “κάββαλε”, often given by MSS., might be quoted for the nasalized “γ” here if it were better attested or linguistically justified.) The apocope of “κατά” before “γ” happens to occur here only.

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

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