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[120] δάσεσθαι, so Stephanus and Heyne for “δάσασθαι” of MSS., which cannot be right. The aor. infin. might stand by itself, lit. an oath for dividing, as Od. 4.253 “ὤμοσα μὴ μὲν ἀναφῆναι” without statement of time (Lendrum in C. R. iv. 100); but when the fut. has already preceded, the constr. would be very harsh. Schol.T. “μέλλοντός ἐστι: διὸ διὰ τοῦ ς” (debuit esse “διὰ τοῦ ε”, Heyne) implies that the reading is old; and the variation in 118 shews how little trust can be reposed on MS. testimony in such a matter. See note on 18.511-12, where we see the origin of the aor., and whence 121 has been interpolated. It is an objectionable tautology after 118.

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

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