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[222] This line can hardly be more than formal after the supper with Agamemnon. Hence “ἄμεινον εἶχεν ἄν, φησὶν ὁ Ἀρίσταρχος, <εἰ> ἐγέγραπτο “ἂψ ἐπάσαντο,” ἵν᾽ ὅσον χαρίσασθαι τῶι Ἀχιλλεῖ γεύσασθαι μόνον καὶ μὴ εἰς κόρον ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν λέγωνται. ἀλλ᾽ ὁμῶς ὑπὸ περιττῆς εὐλαβείας οὐδὲν μετέθηκεν, ἐν πολλαῖς οὕτως εὑρὼν φερομένην τὴν γραφήν” (Did.). This remarkable scholion would not in itself give us a high opinion of Ar.'s tact or caution; but his critical reputation fortunately rests on safer grounds.

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

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