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[185] κείνων refers to those who remained behind in Troy (sup. 155), and those in company with Odysseus who turned back (162); for Nestor must have known something of the fate of those who started with him; at any rate, until they separated.

κείνων may follow directly upon οἶδα, as 2. 375; but more likely it depends upon “οἵ τε, οἵ τε”, which words are used here disjunctively; as “τε . . καί” are sometimes used after verbs of knowing; cp. Od.16. 316“δεδάασθαι . . αἵ τέ σ᾽ ἀτιμάζουσι καὶ αἳ νηλιτεῖς εἰσί Od., 17. 487 ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες Od., 18. 228 ἕκαστα, ἐσθλά τε καὶ τὰ χέρεια”, Aesch. Ag.807“γνώσει τόν τε δικαίως καὶ τὸν ἀκαίρως κ.τ.λ.”

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

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