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“ὅσσον λαὸν ἔπεφνεν”. It is possible to supply here after “ἀλλά” some such word as “καταλέξω” = ‘but I will recount what an achievement was this.’ Cp. Od.8. 564.But the explanation of the Schol. that “οἷον” is used with something of the force of an interjection (“ἄμεινον δὲ θαυμαστικῶς ἀναγιγνώσκειν”) is simpler, and suits the generality of passages better. Translate, ‘To think what a deed he did and dared there!’ Cp. Hdt.6. 122“τοῦτο δὲ κατὰ τὰς ἑωυτοῦ θυγατέρας ἐούσας τρεῖς οἷός τις ἀνὴρ ἐγένετο”.

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

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