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[406] πικρόν is commonly treated as an adjective here of only two terminations, in agreement with ὀδμήν. Cp. Il.1. 3; 2.742; 5.776; 9. 153; 16. 589; 19. 88; Od.1. 93. 246; 4. 442, 709; 5. 410, 422, 467; 6. 122; 9. 132; 12. 369 See also the same use with “κοινός” Soph. Trach.207, “πατρῷος” Aesch. Ag.210, “δῆλος” Eur. Med.1197.But it is simpler to treat “πικρόν” as adverbial to ἀποπνείουσαι, as in “ὑγρὸν ἀέντων” Hom. Od.5. 478; inf. 446.

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

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    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 210
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    • Homer, Iliad, 1.3
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.742
    • Homer, Iliad, 5.776
    • Homer, Odyssey, 1.93
    • Homer, Odyssey, 5.478
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 207
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