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[448] κύδαινον, they not only healed him, but made him even more glorious than before. This is worthy of gods when they tend a favourite. Compare 19.33 “ἔσται χρὼς ἔμπεδος ἢ καὶ ἀρείων”, and the phrases 1.405 etc. “κύδεϊ γαίων,” Od. 14.438 “κύδαινε θυμόν,” Od. 16.212 “κυδῆναι θνητὸν βροτόν”. It is not necessary to adopt Herwerden's conj. “κήδευον” or Mme. Dacier's “κήδαινον”. (Hesych. “κηδαίνει: μεριμνᾶι”).

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

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