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[499] οἰος, because beside him all the other fifty counted as naught. As a matter of fact not one of Priam's sons does anything (but get killed) in the Iliad, with the exception of Paris, which rather proves the rule. αὐτός, by himself. The sense is identical with 6.403 “οἶος γὰρ ἐρύετο Ἴλιον Ἕκτωρ”, which Schol. T on 14.424 quotes “αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐρύετο”. The vulg. “αὐτούς”, explained inhabitants as opposed to the city, is incomparably weaker, though of course defensible (see Od. 9.40 “ἐγὼ πόλιν ἔπραθον, ὤλεσα δ᾽ αὐτούς”). For the combination of “καί” with “αὐτός” no quotation need be given, as the two words have such a strong affinity that there is a strong presumption against “καί” being copulative at all in this connexion. For similar confusion see 9.562, 14.145, 23.277.

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

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