[335] As between συμβλ́ησεαι and “συμβήσεαι” there can be little question; the former is the regular word for meeting (cf. 17.565, 21.578), while “συμβαίνειν” does not occur in H. But there is no analogy in Greek for such an aor. subj. as “βλήσεαι”, no sigmatic aor. occurring at all. Neither can it be fut. indic. We must therefore read “συμβλήεαι” with Dindorf; this is the correct subj. of which the 3rd person “βλήεται” is found in Od. 17.472. The corruption has no doubt arisen from the influence of the probably early variant “συμβήσεαι”.
