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[276] Ζεῦ … ἠέλιος is often quoted as an instance of a rule, found in Skt. also, that ‘where two persons are addressed connected by “τε”, the second name is put in the nominative,’ H. G. § 164. But Od. 19.406 is an exception, if the text is right, “γαμβρὸς ἐμὸς θύγατέρ τε”, and there are some instances of voc. in “-ος”, e.g. “φίλος ὦ Μενέλαε” (H. G. ibid.); where this elasticity is possible the metrical difficulty of “ἠέλιε” may well be decisive (see Gildersleeve in A.J.P. ii. 88). For the oath compare 19.258. Here Zeus is named the god of Ida, and the Rivers, which are local divinities, are included, no doubt because the Trojans are parties.

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

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