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[341] ἄκρητοι, solemnised with unmixed wine, as 4.159. See, however, 3.269, with note. Peppmüller conj. “ἄκραντοι” here and in “Δ”; but the Homeric form is “ἀκράαντος. σπονδαί” here includes both the literal meaning of ‘libation’ and the metaphorical ‘ratification of agreement.’ δεξιαί: handclasping as the sign of a pledge is mentioned 6.233, 21.286. It is of course familiar in later Greek; e.g. “δεξιὰς φέρειν παρά τινος”, to bring a pledge from a man, Xen. An. ii. 4. 1.ἐπέπιθμεν: for the rather rare non-thematic plpf. see H. G. § 68.

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

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