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[44] δείδια, the regular Homeric form in other parts of the verse, is in the first foot almost entirely supplanted by “δείδω”, which Ar. read, apparently preferring a spondee in the first place. The only exception is 21.536 and the variant of a few MSS, here and Od. 5.473. “δείδω” is explained as a contraction of “δείδοα” = “δέδϝοα” from “δε-δϝο”（“ι”)-“α”, whence also comes “δείδια” = “δέδϝια” from the analogy of “δείδιμεν, δειδιότες”, etc. (H. G. § 22. 4 n., van L. Ench. p. 411). In any case “δείδω” must be a false form.

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

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