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[242] “ἄιστος, ἄπυστος”, ‘he has passed out of sight, out of hearing.’ That is, that none knew aught of him as an eyewitness, and none had heard of him from one who had so seen him. Cp. Od.23. 40“οὐκ ἴδον οὐ πυθόμην”. See also 283 infra, where “εἴπῃσι” gives the equivalent action to “ἰδεῖν”, and “ὄσσαν ἐκ Διός” to “πυθέσθαι”. So Eustath. ad loc. “τὸ ἄιστος ἄπυστος τὸν τελείως ἀφανῆ σημαίνει, περὶ οὗ μηδὲν ἴσησί τις, οὔτε αὐτὸς ἰδὼν οὔτε γνοὺς ἀπὸ πύστεως ἤτοι μαθήσεως: ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ἐφερμηνευτικὸν” (epexegetic) “τοῦ ἀκλειῶς Ἅρπυιαι ἀνηρείψαντο”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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