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[570] 570 “ἀθετεῖται ὅτι ὡς ἐλλείποντος τοῦ λόγου ἐνέταξέ τις αὐτόν. δεῖ δὲ τῶι “θνητὸν δέ ἕ φασ᾽ ἄνθρωποι” προσυπακούειν τὸ ἐ̂ναι. καὶ ὅτι ἐπιφερόμενον τὸ “αὐτάρ οἱ Κρονίδης Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀπάζει” ἐναντίον ἐστὶ τῶι προτρέποντι τὸν Ἀγήνορα ἀντιστῆναι τῶι Ἀχιλλεῖ”, The An.objection is well founded; the desire to supply a verb which is not needed has been a fruitful source of interpolation, cf. 1.295. The meaning of the last clause is that the line directly contradicts the hope of victory which has just been expressed. It is from 8.141.

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

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