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[650] For the subj. δηιώσηι, ἕληται followed by the opt. ὀφέλλειεν, see H. G. § 298 ad fin. “δηιώσηι” may represent an original “δηιώσεἰ”（“ε”), but the change of “ἕληται” to “ἕλοιτο” would be more violent. ὀφέλλειεν (also Od. 2.334） for the regular “ὀφείλειεν” (H. G. § 39. 3) is unique in H. It is possible that the later (but not Homeric) distinction of the pres. “ὀφείλειν” and “ὀφέλλειν” has reacted on the aor. The subject of the verb is evidently Patroklos.

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

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