λευσθῆναι πέτροις, the typical form of summary vengeance on one who has incurred public execration: Il. 3.56 “ἠέ κεν ἤδη ι λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα”: Aesch. Ag. 1616 “δημορριφεῖς...λευσίμους ἀράς”: Ai. 254 “λιθόλευστον Ἄρη” (on the part of the infuriated army): Eur. Or. 442 “θανεῖν ὑπ᾽ ἀστῶν λευσίμῳ πετρώματι” (the pleonasm as here). Her. 9.5 “῾τηε "λψνξηινγ" οφ τηε ατηενιαν ωηο αδϝισεδ ηις φελλοωξιτιζενς το αξξεπτ τηε περσιαν τερμς, 479 β.ξ.)περιστάντες Λυκίδην κατέλευσαν βάλλοντες”. The redundant πέτροις adds emphasis: so Ant. 200 “πυρὶ ι πρῆσαι κατάκρας”. Cp. O. T. 1255 “φοιτᾷ γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἔγχος ἐξαιτῶν πορεῖν”: 1411 “φονεύσατ᾽ ἢ θαλάσσιον ι ἐκρίψατ̓”.
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