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[304] λελόγχασιν. See crit. note. For the quantity of the “α^” see Od.7. 114 on “πεφύκα^σι”, and cp. Monro, H. G. §§ 5 Od., 7.Among other points which suggest a late origin for the whole passage we may note that τὴν Τυνδαρέου παράκοιτιν (sup.) seems to be a use of the demonstratival pronoun, or article, that is quite post-Homeric. We might quote “Θάμυριν τὸν Θρήικα” Il.2. 595 as the nearest parallel; but not “ὁ Ἰφίκλοιο πάις” (as Krüger) Il.13. 698, for ὁ there is the emphatic demonstrative, referring back to “ὁ μέν”, ib. 694. Lauer (Hom. Quaest. 51) says well, ‘Vocabulum “τήν” articuli quasi vicarium improbandum est, cum a versibus 260, 266, 305, quamvis eadem in iis sit coniunctio, vocula ista “τήν” absit.’

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

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