This is the text of Meritt, McGregor and H.T. Wade-Gery published in ATL as D 22, except that
has replaced their
in line 20.
In 1980 the restoration of line 22 was challenged by A.S. Henry: Vindex Humanitatis, Essays in Honour of John Huntly Bishop, edited by B.A. Marshall (University of New England Publishing Unit, Armidale), 17-33. He pointed out that
is a reflexive pronoun, which must refer to the subject of the verb to which it is attached. The subject of
on the other hand, is ![](//static.cambridge.org/binary/version/id/urn:cambridge.org:id:binary:20201207101428288-0260:S0066477400003427:S0066477400003427_inline5.png?pub-status=live)
; our restoration, he concluded, is therefore impossible.