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[24] οἱ, i.e. his old priest, their father. ἀκαχήμενος, according to the traditional explanation, is a perfect with ‘Aeolic accent’; and so the infin. “ἀκάχησθαι”. But it would seem preferable to regard these forms as non-thematic presents (H. G. § 19) of the “ε-” stem “ἀκαχε-”, of which we have a trace in the aor. “ἀκάχησε”. There is a perf. of different formation in “ἀκηχέδαται” 17.637, “ἀκηχέμενος” 18.29. The reduplication in this verb extends through all forms. “ἀλάλησθαι” is an analogous case.

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

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