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[211] περισκέπτῳ. As they had descended from the “σκοπιή”, and the island is described as being “χθαμαλή”, this phrase must mean ‘open ground,’ either a ‘clearing’ in the wood, or, as ἐν βήσσῃσι suggests, at the meeting or crossing of valleys, which would give a view in several directions. Cp. Od.1. 426; 14.6; and 5. 476 “ἐν περιφαινομένῳ”. Döderl. referring the word to “σκεπάω” and “σκέπας” rather than to “σκέπτομαι”, renders it ‘sheltered.’

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

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