ἀπόνῳ, as they themselves had just prayed for him. Cp. the prayer of Ajax to Hermes Chthonios that he may die “ἀσφάδαστος” (Ai. 833). τοῦτ᾽ … ἤδη means, “"here we come to the point which is indeed (καὶ) worthy of wonder"”: cp. Plat. Symp. 204B “δῆλον δὴ...τοῦτό γε ἤδη καὶ παιδί, ὅτι”, etc.
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