[299] ὑπὲρ ὅρκια, by transgressing the oaths (cf. “ὑπερβασίη” 107, and “ὑπὲρ αἶσαν”): πημήνειαν, the object is seen to be ‘the other party,’ from 4.66 “Ἀχαιοὺς ὑπὲρ ὅρκια δηλήσασθαι”: so also 4.236. MSS. here and in “Δ” give “ὑπερόρκια” as an adv.; but this is not a likely compound, in spite of the analogy of “ὑπέρμορα”. The opt. shews that the infraction of the treaty is regarded as an unlikely case (or possibly there may be an attraction to the following opt. “ῥέοι”, the prayer being the uppermost thought in the speaker's mind. Cf. “ὡς ἀπόλοιτο καὶ ἄλλος ὅτις τοιαῦτά γε ῥέζοι” Od. 1.47, and 6.59).
