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[141] εἴ κεν with opt. expressing the remoter possibility, ‘if as a further step’ (H. G. § 313); cf. 1.60, etc. οὖθαρ ἀρούρης, udder of the soil, “τὸ τρόφιμον τῆς γῆς” (Sch. B), a bold metaphor recurring only in 283 and Hymn. Cer. 450 (and Aristoph. fr. 162 “λιπαρὸν δάπεδον, οὖθαρ ἀγαθῆς χθονός” ). It is imitated by Virgil, “uber agri, ubere glebae,” Aen. i. 531 Aen., iii. 164 (“μαστός” = hillock in Pindar P. iv. 8 is of course essentially different'.

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

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