[346] Baumeister, Gemoll, Abel eject the verse, which Hermann also suspected. But “εἰς θῶκον” may very well depend on “ἐφεζομένη”; the preposition takes the place of the regular dative with “ἐφέζεσθαι” owing to the idea of motion, “coming to sit.” Possibly we should take “ἤλυθε” with “εἰς θῶκον”, and “φραζέσκετο” with “ὡς τὸ πάρος περ” (removing the comma). The objection to this, as Hermann noted, is that “ὡς τὸ πάρος περ” is properly used without a verb; but cf. Od. 19.340 “ κείω δ᾽ ὡς τὸ πάρος περ ἀΰπνους νύκτας ἴαυον”.
The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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