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Book Eleven<br />

762 si TTOT' lov ye is pathetic, a verbal sigh over the loss of something, cf.<br />

3.180, 24.426. Nestor's youth is so long past that he can scarcely believe in<br />

it. The phrase is formular (3X //., 3X Od., with one variant without ye) but<br />

in the 3rd person (er|v) except here. The prevalence of the 3rd person and<br />

the rarity of the thematic 1st person sov (an artificial form) led the vulgate<br />

to adopt 6T|V here also, but eov is virtually guaranteed by its sole other<br />

occurrence outside this verse, &s TTOT' lov (23.643).<br />

763 oTos picks up UET'

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