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[409] προτόνους. Two forestays went from the mast-head and were made fast, one at each side of the bows. The backstay (“ἐπίτονος”) stretched from the masthead to the stern, so that the strain on the mast was divided between three ropes. If one “πρότονος” had snapped, the remaining one together with the backstay would have prevented the mast from falling clean aft: but both broke at once, ἀμφοτέρους being emphatic from its position in the verse.

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