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[791] νῦν δὲ ἑκάς is of course right, as “ἕκας” had “ϝ.”. But from a scholion by Didymos on 13.107 it appears that Zen. and Aph.read “νῦν δὲ ἑκάς”, Ar. “νῦν δ᾽ ἕκαθεν”: a clear proof that Aristarchos did not always know what was the best tradition, or else deliberately rejected it from preconceived notions. The expression “κοίληις ἐπὶ νηυσί” is not appropriate here, as it is in 13.107, where the Greeks have actually been driven back to the camp. It is evident that the line, which cannot be omitted, has been carelessly borrowed here.

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

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