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[86] κέκλυτέ μευ μῦθον: this construction is used only here in the sense hear from me; “κλύειν τι” = hear (a sound); 4.455, etc. The ordinary phrase is “κέκλυτέ μευ μύθων,” Od. 10.189, 311, etc. We also have “κλύειν τινι ἀρῆς” Od. 4.767, where the dat. is ethical. Hence van L. reads here “κέκλυτέ μοι”, which is almost certainly right as avoiding the contracted “μευ” for “μεο”.

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

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