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[74] It is not easy to see how, if the soul has not passed the “πύλας Ἀΐδαο”, it can be said to wander “ἀν᾽ εὐρυπυλὲς Αϊδος δῶ” (see App. L, § 9). The phrase recurs in Od. 11.571, and may there, as here, be taken to mean only the threshold of the realm of Hades; for Odysseus does not penetrate farther than this. Döderlein took it closely with the preceding line, regarding “ἀλλ᾽ αὕτως ἀλάλημαι” as a parenthesis. This avoids the difficulty, but is very harsh and artificial. The form εὐρυπυλές for “εὐρύπυλον” is irregular.

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

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