[408] “ποτὶ [πρὸς] γούνασιν”: at his knees, “gathering about him.” Const. closely with “παῖδες. — παππάζουσιν”: the Phaeacian princess Nausicaa addresses her father “πάππα φίλε ζ” 57. cf. “τῷ δ᾽ οὔ τι γυνὴ καὶ νήπια τέκνᾳ οἴκαδε νοστήσαντι παρίσταται μ” 42 f. — “His children do not rejoice in his return from the war,” i.e. he does not return. cf. 150.
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