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ἐπὶ πλέον ἄγαγε λύσσας. For the genitive see on i. 20; Herond. iii. 8 συμφορῆς δ᾽ ἤδη ὁρμᾷ ἐπὶ μέζον: Aratus 1047:
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πρῖνοι μὲν θαμινῆς ἀκύλου κατὰ μέτρον ἔχουσαι
χειμῶνος κε λέγοιεν ἐπὶ πλέον ἰσχύσοντος.
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Thucyd. ii. 53 ἐπὶ πλέον ἀνομίας ἦρξεν τὸ νόσημα. The second limb of the comparison is with ἐπὶ πλέον only vaguely understood; and may be '(more) than now is,' or '(more) than usual,' or '(more) than previously.' So here ἐπὶ πλέον ἄγαγε λύσσας = 'led her on in madness.' Oppian, Hal. iv. 147 σήπιαι αὖ δυσέρωτες ἐπὶ πλέον ἔδραμον ἄτης.
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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