W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), Book 11 (λ）, line 15

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[15] κεκαλυμμένοι is assimilated in number and gender to “Κιμμέριοι”, implied in the words K. δῆμός τε πόλις τε. The use of the words “δῆμος” and “πόλις” gives a sort of reality to the narration; but it is difficult to conceive of social life going on in a country overshadowed by perpetual night. So Schol. V. B. asks “πῶς οὖν ζῶσιν”;

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

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