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[162] οἱ μέν, ‘then some of them turned back their ships and went their way, the company of Odysseus.’ For this absolute use of “βαίνω” see Od.24. 301“οἱ δ᾽ ἐκβήσαντες ἔβησαν”. With the phrase “ἀμφ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα”, signifying ‘Odysseus and his comrades,’ cp. Od.22. 281“τοὶ δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα”. Also Il.2. 445; 3.146; 6.436; 9. 81; 15. 301.

ἀμφιελίσσας. As “Κίλιξ” gives a feminine form “Κίλισσα”, we may refer “ἀμφιέλισσα” to an ideal form “ἀμφιέλιξ”, signifying ‘curved on both sides,’ i. e. with curved sides; a picturesque epithet of a ship. The commoner rendering is ‘rowed on either side,’ or ‘swaying from side to side.’

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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