Verse 85 — W. Leaf's commentary on Homer's Iliad 1 0

θεοπρόπιον: the neuter form occurs only here in H. (and possibly 6.438, where however it is merely a question of accent), and seems harsh in the immediate neighbourhood of the commoner θεοπροπίη (87). Hence both θεοπροπιῶν and -πέων (Nauck, as 109) have been conjectured here. But θεοπρόπιον is well established in Herod. (e.g. i. 54, 68). θεοπρόπος is probably one who prays to a god (προπ- is perhaps conn. with Lat. prec-, procus, etc.). In Herod. it is used of one who consults an oracle (i. 67). (Cf. [θ]ιοπροπίοντος Οἰνοχίδαο, Collitz 494, 17, from Orchomenos.)