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[581] 581 “ἀθετεῖται, ὅτι ἀκαίρως λέγει “διοτρεφές,” ὀργιζόμενος αὐτῶι”, Ariston. If this was Ar.'s only ground of athetesis, it is a singularly inadequate one. Such formal epithets of honour are used even by mortal foes, e.g. “δῖος” of Paris by Menelaos 3.352, of Achilles by Andromache 22.455. “ἣ θέμις ἐστί”, as is the custom at races, i.e. with all the formalities of the next line. This recalls the oath taken by each competitor in the races at Olympia.

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

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