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[168] This line is not free from suspicion; it may have been added in view of the opening of “Θ” by a poet who thought that Zeus would not permit an open intervention by Iris and Hera (184). It seems to assume that Zeus is still on Olympos with the other gods, instead of on Ida, though this is not necessarily implied. In the sequel, however, there is no talk of secrecy when Athene (203) and Hera (239) interfere personally, nor does Zeus complain that he has been deceived or shew any particular resentment, even if we regard 357-59 as original. His object has in fact been fully attained in the defeat of the Greeks; he has no grudge against the body of Patroklos (see P 270). Monro further notes that the position of μιν is irregular.

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

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