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[338] The addition of the local -δε to the name of a person seems to be unique till we come to Ap. Rhod. with “Ἀλκίνοόνδε” and “αὐτοκασιγνητήνδε”. The nearest analogy is “Ἄϊδόσδε”, where the “δῶμα” implied in the gen. makes the constr. more natural. The formation is a bold one, but cannot be taken as a sign of late origin; nor is it likely to be a corruption of “Πηλεΐωνος”, which Brandreth reads. Compare “εἰς Ἀγαμέμνονα” 23.36.

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

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