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[462] 462-64 are rejected by Kurtz and many others. They contradict the whole scene, which assumes that the distant turn was invisible to the spectators, as indeed is distinctly implied in 466. Perhaps they were added by a rhapsodist who thought that several laps were run, and was anxious to introduce an allusion to the nearer turn; in that case the “τέρμα” of 462 will be different from that of 466, which must mean the distant end. τάς is best taken as demonstrative, those (of which I speak). It can hardly be relative with “δέ” in apodosis, as this is found only when the relative clause is hypothetical. βαλούσας, intrans.; as in 639 (?) and 11.722 of a river. This particular use seems to be unique in Greek, and doubtless exemplifies the tendency which exists in sport of all kinds, to create a special vocabulary or ‘slang’ by a perversion of the ordinary use of words. Other instances may perhaps be found in “ἔμβητο” Od. 13.403, “ἀνασχομένω” 660, etc.

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

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