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[427] εὐρυτέρη παρελάσσαι, though poorly supported, must be right. “παρελάσσεις” (with dat. “εὐρυτέρηι”) is not a Homeric form, the fut. elsewhere being “ἐλάω” (“ἐλόω”), nor does “εὐρυτέρηι παρελάσσεις” suit the sense; Menelaos does not mean to promise Antilochos that he ‘shall drive past in a wider place,’ but only that the road will be wider for driving past. The opt. “παρελάσσαις” might drive past is better, but less natural and idiomatic than the text. εὐρυτέρη and “εὐρυτέρηι” are practically identical for our MSS.; even “παπ. μ” has “ευρυτερηι παρελασσαι”, which must be wrong.

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

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