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[633] τῶν is taken up after the parenthetic simile by “τῶν” in 635. ὄρωρεν has not much authority. “ὀρώρει”, if right, can only be taken as coming from a present *“ὀρώρω”, analogous to other present forms with perf. stem (e.g. “γεγωνεῖν” 12.337), which has some support in the forms “ὀρώρεται, ὀρώρηται” (H. G. § 27). It is more probable, however, that it is a mere itacistic error for “ὀρώρηι” (see note on 4.483), and this Bekker, followed by most edd., has introduced into the text. Ar. appears to have understood “τῶν δὲ ὀρυμαγδὸς ὀρώρει ὡς” (“ὀρυμαγδὸς ὄρωρε”) “δρυτόμων ἐν βήσσηις”. But this is clearly not Homeric.

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

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