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[80] On this line Lauer (Quaest. Hom. p. 18) remarks, ‘His vero ab Elpenore dictis quale responsum probabile est Ulixem dedisse? Longe aliud profecto atque id quod versu octogesimo continetur. Dicit enim brevius et nimis abrupte: “ταῦτά τοι, δύστηνε, τελευτήσω τε καὶ ἔρξω”. Quod ideo ab Ulixe factum videtur ut quam celerrime inutilem illum hominem dimittat. Sed clarum est eum qui hos versus fecerit recte sensisse pro gravitate narrationis fere majus spatium esse consumptum. Itaque properat ut ad id ipsum, quod nervus est “Νεκυίας” et summa, veniat.’

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