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[103] οἴσετε and ἄξετε (105) are aor. imper. For the sigmatic aor. with the thematic vowel see H. G. § 41. The cases are enumerated in Curt. Vb. ii. 282-4, and explained as due to the analogy of the non-sigmatic (strong) aorists which prevail in Epic Greek. In Alexandrian times the converse phenomenon is found, as the non-sigmatic aorists constantly take “α” as thematic vowel (e.g. “ἦλθα”) on the analogy of the sigmatic aorists, which by that time were far commonest. The only cases of this in H. are “εἶπας, εἴπατε”, and “ἤνεικα” (with its various forms). See note on 262.

ἄρν᾽ is probably for “ἄρνε”, but it may be for “ἄρνα”. The “ϝ” of “ϝάρν-” is well attested (H. G. p. 364, van L. Ench. p. 163); the omission of “δ᾽” before it, proposed by Heyne, is now confirmed by the Papyrus.

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

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