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[404] ἀμφί seems to be used in the literal sense, dragged round (the altar of) Poseidon. Ἑλικώνιον, apparently from Helike in Achaia, a seat of Poseidonworship, see 8.203. From Hymn. xxii. 3 “ὅς θ᾽ Ἑλικῶνα καὶ εὐρείας ἔχει Αἰγάς”, it would seem that Helikon was another form of Helike, and distinct from the Boiotian mountain. The most famous cult of the Helikonian Poseidon was, however, the Panionian festival held near Priene. If that be referred to here, it will be proof of the later origin of the passage. Schol. A says of the bellowing, “δοκεῖ δὲ ἐπὰν θύωσι βοησάντων τῶν βοῶν προσδέχεσθαι τὸ θεῖον τὴν θυσίαν: σιγῶντα δὲ λυποῦνται, μηνίειν νομίζοντες”.

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

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