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[95] ὁμογάστριος, Zen. “ἰογάστριος”, cf. 24.47. The only objection to this reading is that no other compounds of “ἴα” are found in Greek. It has been argued that the word shews a trac<*> of the ancient way of reckoning kinship through the mother only, especially in the taking up of blood-feuds. (See M'Lennan, Studies in Ancient History, pp. 201 ff.) The foundation for such an inference is, however, extremely slight. In a polygamous household the children of the same mother would naturally feel a closer tie among themselves than with half brothers and sisters; and all that Lykaon can urge is that his relationship to Hector is not as close as it might have been. In any case the passage would prove nothing for the Greek practice. (See 6.205 for a trace of female kinship among the Lykians.) The line added in Syr.is curious, as “χόλωαι” is not a Greek form.

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

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