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[860] This hyperbolical distich recurs in 14.148-9. The reading “-χειλοι” apparently attributed to Ar. by Schol. T on 14.148 is not of course from “χεῖλος” as absurdly explained; “χείλιοι” is the old Attic and Ionic form on inscriptions, so the diphthong may be right here. For the last half of 861 compare 2.381, 14.448, 19.275. The metaphorical use of the word “Ἄρηος” (861) in this particular context is curious.

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

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