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[344] This line is probably a mere interpolation from 236, where αὐτόν has its proper reference. Here also we must take it to mean the River, though the only subst. to which it can belong is “πεδίον”. Of course we could read “ἔσαν ἅλις”, or “αὐτό” with Bentley, as “ϝάλις” keeps the “ϝ” (an objection to Wolf's “καταυτόθ᾽” which many edd. adopt'. But it is better simply to reject the line and not trouble about emending it. It happens also that “αὐτό” is never found in H.

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

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