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[499] φ́η, see on 2.144; he held up the head on the spear-point like a poppyhead on its long stalk. “φή” is here, as in B, the reading of Zen.; Ar. read “φῆ” = “ἔφη” and probably athetized the next verse (“δοκεῖ ἀθετεῖν τὸν δεύτερον στίχον”, Herod.); he understood the words to mean ‘he said, holding it up (as) a poppy-head.’ The unnaturalness of this construction need not be dwelt upon.

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

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