ἐμβατεύει, haunts the ground, Aesch. Pers. 449 “Πὰν ἐμβατεύει ποντίας ἀκτῆς ἔπι.” ἀμφιπολῶν, properly, “"moving around,"” so, “"attending on,"” “"roaming in company with."” The bold use seems to have been suggested by the noun “ἀμφίπολος” as=“"follower"” (Pind., etc.), “ἀμφιπολεῖν” being here to that noun as “ὀπαδεῖν” to “ὀπαδός.” tiqh/nais, the nymphs of the mythical Nysa, who nurtured the infant god, and were afterwards the companions of his wanderings: Il. 6.132 “῾λψξυργυς, κινγ οφ τηραξἐ Διωνύσοιο τιθήνας ι σεῦε κατ᾽ ἠγάθεον Νυσήϊον”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part II: The Oedipus Coloneus. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1899.
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