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[372] ἐν Ἄργεΐ περ, even in Argos; i.e. at the very first, even before the expedition had left Greece, Zeus had given his promise of safe return. ὑπέσχεο is thus really the principal verb to which “εὔχετο” is subordinate in sense. It is perhaps possible, though less satisfactory, to take “περ” with “εἰ”, if indeed, as though Nestor were pretending to doubt even such a certain fact; cf. “εἰ δὲ καὶ Ἕκτορά περ φιλέεις,” 7.204, with note.

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

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