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[235] And deem that we shall hold out no longer, but fall (back) upon our black ships; or that they will no longer be withheld, but will assault, etc. The phrase occurs several times, and generally with the same ambiguity. But 2.175, 11.311, 12.126, are strongly in favour of the first interpretation; while here the absence of any mention of any subject (such as “ἡμᾶς” or “Δαναούς”) seems to require the second. So clearly also 13.742; compare the use of “πεσεῖν ἐν” = assault in 11.325, 15.624, 16.81, while the other sense, that of tumultuous rout, is found in 6.82. The form of σχήσεσθαι will suit a passive or mid. sense equally well; the former is found in 9.655, 13.630, the latter in “ἀνσχήσεσθαι”, 5.104, 285.

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

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