πάρα=“πάρεστι”: λευκὸν … φάος, acc., subject to “πελάσαι”. Cp. Aesch. Pers. 301“καὶ λευκὸν ἦμαρ νυκτὸς ἐκ μελαγχίμου”. For εὐάμερον φάος cp. 138 “λόγος κακόθρους” (n.). πελάσαι with gen., as Ph. 1327“πελασθεὶς φύλακος”: Tr. 17“κοίτης ἐμπελασθῆναι.” θοᾶν describes the ship as a thing of life (velox navis), “ὠκυάλων” rather as a swift vehicle over the sea (celeris): cp. Od. 7. 34“νηυσὶ θοῇσι πεποιθότες ὠκείῃσι”. For the double epithet, cp. also Ph. 516“εὐστόλου ταχείας νεώς”.
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