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[159] ἀντίθυρον seems to be the space just outside the doorway of the “αὐλή” or courtyard. Odysseus sees Athene from the “μέγαρον”, passes out beyond the wall (“τειχίον”) of the “αὐλή”, and is then somewhere in (“κατά”) the adjoining “ἀντίθυρον”. In 343-344 (infra) the Suitors go out, as here, “παρὲκ μέγα τειχίον αὐλῆς”, and are then “προπάροιθε θυράων”.

162-163. An instance of the sympathy with the dog which is so noticeable in the Odyssey: cp. 14. 29., 16. 5, and (above all) 17. 291-327.

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