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[501] ἱέσθην, desired: the neglect of the “ϝ” is rare, see on 4.138: “ϝιέσθην δ᾽ ἄμφω” Brandreth. ἴστορι, App. I, § 26. ἐπί, at the hands of, a use which has no exact parallel in H., but is closely connected with the use of the prep. to express attendant circumstances, H. G. §§ 197-98. In later Greek the use is common enough (Lat. penes), e.g. “τάδ᾽ οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδράσι κεῖται”, Pind. P. viii. 76, etc. πεῖραρ, an issue, termination of the matter; see note on 7.102, and compare also 23.350 “ἑκάστου πείρατ᾽ ἔειπε”, Pindar P. i. 81 “πολλῶν πείρατα συντανύσαις ἐν βραχεῖ”. The acc. πεῖραρ recurs only in 13.359 (see App. Crit.), Od. 5.289 (‘“῾πεῖραν Ζ”.’ Ludw.); all other forms are in -“τ”- and would more naturally come from a nom. “πεῖρας” (= “ αττ.πέρας”, for “πέρ-ϝας”?) which is found in Pindar O. ii. 31, and should perhaps be accepted here on the authority of P. The other variant “πεῖραν” is also worth consideration; though the subst. does not occur in H., it is implied in the verb “πειράειν”, and the sense to take a trial suits perfectly; see the Attic use of “πεῖραν λαμβάνειν” in L. & S., and “πεῖραν . . θανάτου περὶ καὶ ζωᾶς” Pindar N. ix. 28, 29.

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

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