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[280] ἔστη ἱεμένη, was stopped in its eager course; so 15.543, 20.399. The word usually requires a complement (gen., infin., or adv.), to indicate the object aimed at, as 21.70 “ἔστη ἱεμένη χροὸς ἄμεναι”. But it is not safe to found any conclusions on this slight discrepancy. διὰ . . ἕλε, separated; this sense of “διαιρεῖν” is familiar in later Greek, but does not recur in H. “ἀμφοτέρους, τὸν χαλκοῦν καὶ τὸν βύρσινον” Schol. A, rightly no doubt — the metal facing and leather backing, which a blow at the edge would inevitably tear apart. κύκλους may be used of the ‘figure-of8’ shaped Mykenaean shield (see App. B, i. 1); but in so late a passage it is more probable that the author was thinking of the round shield. In any case this can have no bearing on the shape of Achilles' shield as described in “Σ”.

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

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