[20] Πυκνά: usually altered to “πύκα”, but the correption is supported by Hes. Op.567“ἀκρο^κνέφαιος”, fr. 138 “ὦ τέκνον— Ζεὺς ἐτέκνωσε πατήρ”, Theocr. xx. 126 “ἄλλῃ δὲ στόμα τύψε πυκνοὶ δ᾽ ἀράβησαν ὀδόντες”, Quintus vii. 15 “πυκνὰ μήδεα ἤδῃ”; so “τε?́χνας” Empedocl. 185, and other exx. in J. H. S. xviii. 30. Cf. Eberhard Metr. Beob. i. p. 31.
μελανύδρῳ: only with “κρήνη” (Il. 9.14 “, Π 3, 160, Φ 257, υ” 158), of the dark colour of deep water.This text is part of:
The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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