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[358] νηήσας νῆας (an evident play on sound): see 137. The nom. is left without any constr., “ὄψεαι” in 359 taking the place of the “εἶμι” which we should expect. This, and the late form ἐπήν for “ἐπεί κε”, lead van L. to the ingenious conj. “νῆα ἐμήν” for “νῆας ἐπήν”, with a full stop at the end of the line, 359 then beginning asyndetically as in 4.353. It is curious that the next line shews an αἴ κε almost supplanted by “ἤν” in the MS. tradition. This suggests that it is enough to change ἐπὴν to “ἐπεί χ̓” with Brandreth, and to leave the anacoluthon, which is not a very violent one, as the relative clause to a certain extent supplies the missing verb.

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

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