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[403] ἐπήρετμοι, local predicate=‘at the oar.’ Elsewhere, viz. Od.4. 559; 5. 16, 141; 14. 224; 17. 145 it is an epithet of ships.

τὴν σήν. Notice the emphasis given to this by its position in the sentence, ‘the despatch that must come from thee.’ Cp. Il.10. 123.

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