[478] For Ἰλίου Bentley conj. “λαοῦ”, Brandreth “ϝάστεϊ”, in order to give a “ϝ” to ἶφι. But it is remarkable that “ἶφι”, unlike the other forms from the stem “ἴς”, never absolutely requires the “ϝ”, and in five other passages does not admit it (2.720, 4.287, 5.606, 12.367, Od. 11.284; see note on 3.375). It is therefore best to leave the text. Perhaps the line may be interpolated, as Heyne suggests, in allusion to the name Astyanax. It is added asyndetically, so that “τε .. καὶ” belong together, coordinating “βίην ἀγαθόν” to “ἀνάσσειν”, as though for “ἀνάσσοντα”, a rather harsh anacoluthon. The discrepancy in the MSS. as to the position of “τε” suggests that it would be better to omit the particle altogether.
