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[542] σφεδανόν, as 11.165, 16.372. But there is weighty evidence for “σφε-” “δανῶν”, and this was the reading of Ar.; “ὅτι σφεδανῶν σφόδρως διώκων”, An., “οὕτω σφεδανῶν, ὑπερρωμένος τῶι θυμῶι καὶ σφόδρος ὑπάρχων, καθάπερ ἀπὸ τοῦ φονᾶν τὸ φονῶν”, Did. Of these the latter explanation is the more correct, as “σφεδανῶν” would be intrans., though coming from “σφεδανέων” rather than “σφεδανάων”. The contraction is in itself suspicious, and the participle is not demanded by the analogy of 15.742. 24.326.

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

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