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[400] χέρεια: on this word see 1.80. The best MSS. follow Ar. in writing “χέρεια” and “χέρειος”, but “χέρης, χέρηϊ. ἀμείνων”, sc. “ἐστί”, so A with Ar.; “ἀμείνω” cet. The reading of Ar. seems best, for “δέ τε” frequently introduces a clause added paratactically, with a construction of its own. 18.106 is exactly parallel, “ἐν πολέμωι, ἀγορῆι δέ τ᾽ ἀμείνονές εἰσι καὶ ἄλλοι”. It must, however, be admitted that the omission of both subject and verb here is harsh. Compare Eur. Suppl. 902（“ὁ Τυδεὺς”) “οὐκ ἐν λόγοις ἦν λαμπρός, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἀσπίδι”.

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

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