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[464] λαβών is by some taken with γούνων, catching him by the knees, as 1.407, 6.45, Od. 6.142, Od. 10.264 (cf. 21.71). But the order of the words makes this almost impossible, and Hentze remarks that the imperf. “ἥπτετο” (468) is evidently ‘conative,’ and implies that he did not succeed. Hence “λαβών” must = taking him prisoner, as 11.106, “γούνων” being construed with ἀντίος. Even this is not without harshness, as “ἀντίος” is generally used with a gen. of a person (see, however, on 22.195. We may also quote the use of “ἀντιάζω, ἀντιάω”, which are freely applied to things, but in a different sense, “πολέμοιο”, etc.).

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

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