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[585] The neglected “ϝ” of ϝεκών has given rise to sundry conjectures, of which the most plausible is suggested by Heyne “μὴ μὲν ἐμὸν σὺ” (“γε” Brandreth) “ϝεκὼν”. This also avoids the hiatus “τὸ ἐμόν” (for “τοὐμόν”? or “ἀμόν”? see 8.360). Other alterations (“μή τι, μή με, ϝεκών”) are highly improbable, as they lose the characteristic “μέν” of the oath. But in the Games we must not seek anxiously to restore ancient forms.

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

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