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[19] ὑφηνίοχος, a word not found elsewhere, is sufficiently defended by the analogy of Od. 4.386 “ὑποδμώς,” Od. 15.330 “ὑποδρηστήρ”; and it avoids the awkwardness of the detached “ὑπό” in the vulg. “ὑφ᾽ ἡνίοχος”, for which 18.519 “λαοὶ δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ὀλίζονες ἦσαν” is but a partial support. γαῖαν ἐδύτην, the realm of the dead being under ground. Cf. 411, Od. 24.106. Schol. B explains it “ὅτι γῆν ταφέντες ἐνεδύσαντο”, which is obviously inappropriate, as there is no burying in question at all.

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

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