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[387] ἀφανδάνει cannot be “ἀφ-ανδάνει” in Homer, since “ἁνδάνω” has the “ϝ”. The form “ἀϝανδάνει”, proposed by Dr. Hayman, is against analogy, the prefix “ἀ-” not being used with verbs (for “ἀτίει” in Theogn. 621 is a word coined for the nonce). Is it possible that “ἀϝανδάνω” contains the preposition “αὐ”, Sanscr. áva, Lat. au (in aufero, aufugio)? See Delbrück, Grundriss III. 670.

βόλεσθε is perhaps an aor.: cp. 1. 234 “νῦν δ᾽ ἑτέρως ἐβόλοντο θεοί”, where an aor. is required by the sense.

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