^{page 292 note 1} Merry's theory that Mentor is the subject of the infinitive μαχσσασθαι, might incline one to read V. 245 νδρσι σε πλενεσσι for. κα πλ of MSS.

^{page 293 note 1} In connecting Corinth, etc. rather than Argos, with Mycenae, the Catalogue (559–80) is in harmony with the results of modern investigation.

^{page 293 note 2} Rather ‘if we “hear”’ since recollection of a text is recollection of sounds, rather than of writing, especially on the part of a reciter who probably learnt the text by repeating it many times aloud.