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[322] νηῆσαι and the other infinitives are to be construed with “ἐρίσσειε”, and thus form a sort of epexegesis of “δρηστοσύνῃ”: ‘no one would contend with me in respect of service, in piling up a fire, &c.’ Cp. Ar. Pax1133ἐκκέας τῶν ξύλων ἅττ᾽ ἂν δανότατα κτλ.

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