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[46] ἐπιβησόμενον: on the question whether this form is really a future see H. G. § 41, where it is pointed out that in some cases the forms in “-σόμην” are used as imperfects; while in § 244 it is called a future. The latter better suits 23.379 “αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισιν ἐΐκτην”: compare Od. 11.608 “αἰεὶ βαλέοντι ἐοικώς”. If it means ‘as he was about to mount,’ it is one of the few cases in H. where the fut. part. is used otherwise than predicatively with a verb of motion. See H. G. § 244. The words ἤριπε ἐξ ὀχέων do not afford any criterion, as they might be used of one who, as about to mount, had one foot in the chariot.

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

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