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[352] τεληέσσας is not an equivalent of “τελείας”, in the sense of ‘perfect victims,’ but, on the general analogy of Homeric epithets in “-εις”, ‘effective,’ or acceptable,’ sacrifices, that win an accomplishment (“τέλος”) from the gods. It is doubtful whether in this passage (as well as in inf. 355 and Od.3. 33) Αἰγύπτῳ refers to the land, or to the Nile, ‘the river of Egypt,’ cp. Genesis 15. 18. In inf. 477 and 581 there is no doubt that the reference is to the river. With the dative “Αἰγύπτῳ” we may compare sup. 174 “Ἄργεϊ”.

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

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