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[64] ποτί, apparently leaning against them, i.e. close behind. The phrase is a curious one, but the vulg. “περί” is worse. Platt conj. “αὐτήν”, which is more natural (or “αὐτῆι”?). Throughout the book we are left in doubt as to whether or no there is a space between wall and moat. Much is made of the difficulty presented by the moat up to 200, but after that line it is completely forgotten, and we are never actually told that it is crossed.

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

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