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[100] The punctuation of this line is doubtful. The colon is generally put at εἵαται, and the comma at ἴδμεν, but the real connexion of “μή” is not with “ἴδμεν”, but with the whole thought of the preceding three lines; it is really correlative with “μή” in 98, and neither depends upon “ἴδωμεν”. Rather both are almost independent sentences, i.e. ‘we know nothing (of their designs); I hope they do not intend to fight’ (see M. and T. § 366, H. G. § 281. 2; in both of these the subordination is regarded as virtually complete, which gives a less satisfactory sense. See also note on 1.26). The force of the aorist μενοινήσωσι must be ‘lest a desire come upon them.’

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

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