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[635] ὁμοστιχάει, a strange compound, justly called ‘barbarous’ by Dion. Thrax. Bekker's “ὁμοῦ στιχάει” must be right; the error is due to mistransliteration of the old OMO = “ὁμοῦ”. Cf. 18.577 “ἅμ᾽ ἐστιχάοντο βόεσσιν” (Cauer Grundfr. p. 78). Eust. notes a similar variant “ὁμοτροχόωντα” for “ἅμα τροχόωντα” in Od. 15.451. The herdsman spends his time in looking after the van and rear of a line of cattle, and neglects the middle.
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