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[632] τις, a man in general. Compare 24.46 ff. φονῆος, though not strongly supported, gives rather the better sense, accepts the blood-price from the slayer of his brother. It is then more natural to go on to take παιδός as dependent directly on “ποινήν”, for his son. The vulg. “φόνοιο” is of course defensible. The schol. suggest that κασιγνήτοιο is then an adj. (see on 567), and this avoids the awkwardness of the double gen. For the general question of the acceptance of blood-money in H. see 18.498.

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

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