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[354] The last half of the line is probably corrupt. The sense is no doubt meant to be it is a matter (which calls) for a wary mind; but the expression is unusual. The neglect of the “Ϝ” of “Ϝέργα” is rare and harsh. φραδέος does not occur elsewhere in Greek; nor are simple adjectives in -“ής” known in the Epic dialect (see note on 4.235). They are indeed very rare at all times; “ὑγιής” (“πλήρης”), “σαφής” and “ψευδής” are perhaps the only others. In compounds of course the formation is particularly common: “ἀριφραδής, ἀφραδής, εὐφραδέως, περιφραδέως” from this stem are all Homeric.

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

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