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[207] For the use of ὅ as a pure conjunction cf. 8.362 “οὐδέ τι τῶν μέμνηται, ὅ οἱ κ.τ.λ.,” 9.493 “τὰ φρονέων ὅ μοι κ.τ.λ.,” 23.545 “τὰ φρονέων ὅτι οἱ”. Here the preceding plural clearly shews that the original use of the particle, as the acc. of the relative pronoun, is forgotten. It will be noticed that the above are all late passages; the other instances seem to be confined to the Od. (Cf. H. G. § 270). The negative belongs in the first place to νοστ́ησαντι, which we have to render by the principal verb, thou shalt not return for Andromache to receive at thy hands. For the use of the dat. with “δέχεσθαι” see on 1.596.

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

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