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[173] θάνατος … ἁδεῖν, a curious phrase apparently founded on the familiar “ἥνδανε βουλή”. The neglect of the ϝ of ἁδεῖν (svad-) is very rare; “ὥς μ᾽”（“οι”) “ὄφελεν θάνατος ϝαδέειν” is a clearly right correction required by the order of the words (Monro; H. G. p. 337). Yet even so the verb is a curious one to use, and there is no exact parallel. “ἑλέειν, λαβέειν” were not likely to be corrupted.

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

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