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[105] Notice the hiatus at the end of the first foot here and 107; there are no less than fifteen cases after “αὐτὰρ ὁ” in this place (van L. Ench. p. 78). These two may be written “ὅ ϝ᾽” (Brandreth), and so 3.379, 21.33, with “ϝ᾽” for “ϝοι”. In the other eleven cases we can write “ὅ γ᾽” or “ὃς” (Brandreth), or admit that the hiatus was allowable after “ὁ”, which cannot be elided. The MS. tradition is strongly in favour of the latter choice.

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

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