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[202] ἔκλἐ, i.e. “ἐκλέεο” with hyphaeresis (H. G. § 5); so “ἀποαίρεο” 1.275, where see note. G. Meyer, Gr. § 151, holds that the second “ε” was not really dropped but became a semi-vocalic ‘glide.’ But the instances are so rare that they must be regarded with the greatest suspicion. In 1.275 Nauck reads “ἀποαίνυσο”. In Od. 2.202 we can at once write “μυθέἐ”（“αι”). Here van L. suggests “κλείἐ”（“ο” or -“αι”), Fick “κλεύἐ”（“ο”). The long form of the verb is found in act. “κλείω” Od. 1.338,Od. 17.418, beside “κλέομαι” Od. 13.299 (van L. Ench. § 183). There are no other probable instances of this hyphaeresis. The reading of two MSS., “ἔκλὐ”, is worth notice; it would be the regular aor. form, though not elsewhere found. But the sense requires an imperf. For the dat. cf. Od. 13.299 “μήτι τε κλέομαι καὶ κέρδεσιν”, and for ἐπί see 20.35.

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

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