In τόδ᾽ ἐμὸν ὄμμα δακρῦον ἀναστένει ῾τμεσις, 1689) σε, it is truer to regard ἐμὸν ὄμμα as a periphrasis for “ἐγώ” than ἀναστένει as a mere synonym for “"mourns."” Cp. Ai. 139 “πεφόβημαι ι πτηνῆς ὡς ὄμμα πελείας”, ib. 977 “ὦ φίλτατ᾽ Αἴας, ὦ ξύναιμον ὄμμ᾽ ἐμοί”.
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