[598] οἰνοχόει νέκταρ: cf. (“Ἥβη”) “νέκταρ ἐῳνοχόει Δ 3, νέκταρ οἰνοχοεῦσα” Sappho Frag. 5; the meaning of the first part of the compound was overlooked; cf. “ἵπποι βουκολέοντο Υ 221, οἰκοδομεῖν τεῖχος”, aedificare naves, ‘tin box,’ ‘weekly journal.’
κρητῆρος: the red nectar of the gods, like the wine of men, was mixed with water before it was drunk, cf. “κέρασσε δὲ νέκταρ ἐρυθρόν ε” 93. ἀφύσσων: see on v. 471. 599 = Od. 8.326. ἄσβεστος: hence the proverbial ‘Homeric laughter.’This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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