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[772] ὑψηχέες is generally taken to mean loud-neighing, cf. Virgil's fremit alte. But this is very doubtful; the sense high is not the same as loud (“ὑψαγόρας” and “ὑψιβρεμέτης” are obviously different), and “ἠχή” had a “ϝ”. It is highly probable that the quotation in Longinus preserves the original, “ὑψαύχενες”, though the mistake must be very old. Evidently in some prototype the “ν” was accidentally omitted, and the variants “ὑψαυχέες, ὑψηυχέες” record further steps in the corruption. Schol. B and Et. Mag. both give “ὑψαύχενες” as one explanation of “ὑψηχέες”. Cf. “ἐριαύχενες” and “ὑψοῦ δὲ κάρη ἔχει” 6.509. The word recurs only in 23.27, q.v.

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

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