[85] ἀλεγύνων, “preparing” or “busying himself about” his journey; this correction seems necessary to the sense, and is justified by the variants in 361, 557. Hermann retained “ἀλεείνων”, but his explanation “avoiding footprints” is impossible, as “ὁδοιπορίην” cannot mean “ἴχνια”. The only conceivable rendering would be “avoiding (the toil) of walking,” i.e. through the sand (347), where his sandals might serve the purpose of snow-shoes; but, if this is the meaning, it is very obscurely expressed.
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The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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