κρατὸς βλεφάρων θ̓: the phrase suggests a movement of the head at the moment when the sleeper opens his eyes: cp. Ph.866“κινεῖ γὰρ ἁνὴρ <*> κἀνάγει κάρα”.—Wecklein, omitting <*> takes βλεφάρων ὕπνον as ‘sleep of the eyelids.’
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