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[286] τοῖος. This adjective prepares us for “ὃς στελέω” in the next line; the quality or value of his friendship is shown by his exertions for Telemachus. ὅς=‘as that I.’ So Il.7. 231ἡμεῖς δ᾽ εἰμὲν τοῖοι οἳ ἂν σέθεν ἀντιάσαιμεν Il., 24. 183 τοῖος γάρ τοι πομπὸς ἅμ̓ ἕψεται ἀργειφόντης”,

ὅς σ᾽ ἄξει, κ.τ.λ.”, compare also Od.11. 135.
πατρώιος ἑταῖρος means only ‘a comrade of thy father.’

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