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[350] ἐφόλκαιον is probably a ‘lading plank,’ to take in (“ἐφέλκεσθαι”) cargo. ‘They are quite common on sailing boats, and on steamers in the Mediterranean. I have seen the lading plank used in shoal water as a gangway’ ( L. M.J. ). See the fig. on p. 44.

ἐπέλασσα, sc. without a splash. His head is disguised (l. 349), so as to look like flotsam as he swims away.

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