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[144] πῶς κεν ἀναγνοίη, ‘how may she recognise me, that I am he;’ i.e. “ἐόντα τοῦτον”, ‘being that man,’ sc. ‘her own son.’ This interpretation seems settled by the passage, Od.24. 156 foll. “τὸν δὲ” (“Ὀδυσσέα”） “συβώτης ἦγε κακὰ χροῒ εἵματ᾽ ἔχοντα . . . οὐδέ τις ἡμείων δύνατο γνῶναι τὸν ἐόντα”,

“ἐξαπίνης προφανέντα”. Cp. Od.23. 116“τοὔνεκ᾽ ἀτιμάζει με καὶ οὔ πώ φησι τὸν εἶναι”, Od.16. 475“καί σφεας ὠίσθην τοὺς ἔμμεναι, οὐδέ τι οἶδα”. The ghost of Anticlea seems to be lingering about the place, as though she had a dim consciousness of some familiar presence. πῶς here introduces a direct question, and is not to be taken in dependence on εἰπέ.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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