Commentary on the Odyssey (1886)


Commentary on the Odyssey (1886)
By W. Walter Merry
Oxford Clarendon Press 1886-1901



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Book 1 (α)

Book 2 (β)

Book 3 (γ)

Book 4 (δ)

Book 5 (ε)

Book 6 (ζ)

Book 7 (η)

Book 8 (θ)

Book 9 (ι)

Book 10 (κ)

Book 11 (λ)

Book 12 (μ)

Book 13 (ν)

Book 14 (ξ)

Book 15 (ο)

Book 16 (π)

Book 17 (ρ)

Book 18 (ς)

Book 19 (τ)

Book 20 (υ)

Book 21 (φ)

Book 22 (χ)

Book 23 (ψ)

Book 24 (ω)


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Book 22 (χ)

 
Commentary on line 6

skopo/n, with ei)/somai ai)/ ke tu/xwmi as an accusativus de quo, as to another mark I will know if I shall hit it: cp. 14. 366, also Il.8. 535αὔριον ἣν ἀρετὴν διαείσεται εἴ κ' ἐμὸν ἔγχος μείνῃ.

Some take ei)/somai in the sense of a fut. of εἶμι, viz. I will go at; cp. εἴσεται in 15. 213, ἐπιείσομαι ( Il.11. 367. Il., 20. 454), and εἴσατο or ἐείσατο in 8. 295. Il., 22. 89 and often in the Iliad. But this εἴσομαι would surely take a gen. of the object aimed at: cp. l. 89.