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[49] 49, 50 ζαλωτὸςζαλῶ Introd. p. 43, § ii.

τὸν ἄτροπον ὕπνον ἰαύων the accus. is cognate. Λάτμιον κνώσσεις, Herond. viii. 10.

ἄτροπον dist. xxiv. 7 εὕδετ᾽ ἐμὰ βρέφεα γλυκερὸν καὶ ἐγέρσιμον ὕπνον: Mosch. Epit. Bion. 117 (of sleep of death) εὕδομες εὖ μάλα μακρὸν ἀτέρμονα νήγρετον ὕπνον. Endymion loved by Selènê was thrown by her into an endless sleep that she might ever look on him and kiss him sleeping; cf. A. Pal. v. 164 (Meleager): “      δ᾽ ἐν κόλποισιν ἐκείνης
ῥιπτασθεὶς κείσθω δεύτερος ᾿Ενδυμίων.


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