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[479] “ἀθετεῖται, ὅτι οὐκ ἀναγκαῖος: πρόκειται γὰρ τὸ “ἀλλ᾽ αἰεὶ μύθοισι λαβρεύεαι.” καὶ τὸ “πάρα γὰρ καὶ ἀμείνονες ἄλλοι” οὐ δεόντως ἐπιλέγεται: οὐ γὰρ ἀμεινόνων ἔργον τὸ λαβρεύεσθαι”, The An.last argument is evidently wrong; the words simply mean ‘do not let your tongue run in the presence of your betters.’ The line can certainly be dispensed with, but there is nothing to condemn it more than this. The expansion of “λαβρεύεαι” is in the Epic style.

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

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