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[581] With Αἰγύπτοιο may be supplied either “ὕδωρ”, as sup. 477, or “ῥοάς”, as Od.9. 450, but compare the familiar phrase “εἰς Ἄιδος” or “εἰς Ἀίδαο”. With στῆσα ἐς we may compare such combinations as “ἐς θρόνους ἕζεσθαι, ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐλπίδος βεβώς”. In Od.14. 258 we find “στῆσα δ᾽ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ποταμῷ”, and in Od.19. 188στῆσε δ᾽ ἐν Ἀμνισῷ”. Here the use of εἰς is suggested by the ἄψ at the beginning of the line.

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