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[344] ἡμετέροιο. The plural of the First Person is not used in Homer as a mere variety for the singular. Here the intention may be to lessen the selfassertion of the speech: as though Ulysses spoke for others as well as himself. Cp. the notes on 16. 44, 442.

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