[135] “μετ́ηορα κτλ.”; Hermes stowed the portions higher up in the cave (? on a ledge of rock), “to be a memorial of his childish theft.” Here again, some of the commentators see allusion to the natural configuration of the cave, whose stalactites, in what way is not clear, suggested the “twelve portions.” It is more probable that Hermes was initiating some piece of ritual which was afterwards observed inside the cave, in honour of the twelve gods.
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The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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