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[299] κυανοπρωρείους. The phrase “νεὸς κυανοπρώροιο” is found thirteen times in Homer. We must suppose the form in the present passage to be lengthened, metri gratia, the termination “-ειος” being analogous to that found in “εὐρυόδεια, εὐπατέρεια”, and perhaps “ἠυγένειος”. A form “κυανοπρωίρους”, or “-είρους”, is mentioned in Etym. M. 692. 32; Zon. Lex. 1581, and is accepted by Cobet (Nov. Lect. 204).

Compare with the story given here the legend of Jason, Hdt.4. 179“καί μιν ὡς πλέοντα γενέσθαι κατὰ Μαλέην ὑπολαβεῖν ἄνεμον βορῆν καὶ ἀποφέρειν πρὸς τὴν Λιβύην”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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