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[245] λῦσε δέ. The Schol. A. speaks of Tyro as already wife of Cretheus, so that λῦσε παρθενίην ζώνην would be incorrect. The expression does not occur elsewhere in Homer. For the objection raised to the latter half of the verse see crit. note. Dr. Hayman suggests that the sleep might have been intended to give the god an opportunity of resuming his own form, but the clause in parataxis, is more likely only equivalent to “κατὰ . . χεύας ὕπνον”. He compares, however, h. Hom. Ven. 171 foll., where Aphrodite, as she rises from the bed of Anchises, “Ἀγχίσῃ μὲν ἐπὶ γλυκὺν ὕπνον ἔχευεν”, and then resumes her immortal shape, and reveals herself to her lover.

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

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