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[395] 395-466. This episode has been condemned as an interpolation (Kirchhoff, Odyssee, p. 523; Wilamowitz, Hom. Unters. p. 59). It certainly interrupts the action in a way that is not Homeric. And the repetition of “Παρνησόνδ᾽ ἐλθόντα κτλ.” as well as other words (393394 = 465-466) points in the same direction. On the other hand (as Wilamowitz observes) the mention of Autolycus without any description of him is too abrupt: and if we keep 395398 the reference of τήν in 467 becomes obscure. The style and language of the passage show no trace of later date.

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