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[393] ὀξὺπροϊδών, ‘with a quick look forward as he was lifted by a great wave.’ The wind had fallen, but the ground-swell had not subsided; “πολλάκις δὲ παυσαμένων τῶν ἀνέμων μένει τὸ πέλαγος κύματι κωφῷ κυλινδούμενον” Schol. Q. T. Thus Odysseus could only catch a glimpse of the coast, as he rose out of the trough of the sea. Cp. Virg. Aen.6. 357‘prospexi Italiam summa sublimis ab unda.’

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