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[330] πρὶν γάρ, ‘for, ere that, night would pass away.’ Cp. Virg. Aen.1. 374‘ante diem clauso componet Vesper Olympo.’

φθῖτ[ο”] is optat. See Od.10. 51.Only here is ἄμβροτος used as epith. of “νύξ”, instead of the common “ἀμβρόσιος”. Cp. “ἀβρότη Il.14. 78.

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