[491] Πῦρ ἐΠικαίοντες: the addition of “δ̓” (Ilgen, followed by recent edd.) is made very probable by 509; if “δέ” is absent, the participles must be taken with “ποιήσατε”, i.e. the fire is kindled and the sacrifice is offered while the altar is being built, which, Ilgen says, is absurd. However, the tense of the present participles need not be pressed; in strict logic they are hardly more applicable to what follows them than what precedes.
The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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