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[37] εἰδὼς αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον, ‘though he knew it would be his utter destruction.’ Cp. the converse of the phrase “τὸν δ᾽ οὐκ εἰδότ᾽ ὄλεθρον ἀνήγαγε” Od. 4. 535.

πρό, adverbial, ‘before’; of time. The word ἡμεῖς is emphatic, to show that the gods, in spite of the reproaches of mortals, were not the cause of this catastrophe.

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