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[767] ὀλόλυξε, cp. Od.3. 450; Il.6. 301.

ἔκλυεν οἱ, ‘heard for her,’ i. e. heard her prayer. Compare with this use of the dative “δέξασθαί τινι”, and see Il.16. 531“ὅττι οἱ ὦκ᾽ ἤκουσε μέγας θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο”.

“ἀρῆς, α_” in arsis, “α^” in thesis. The word appears in various senses: (1) as here, ‘a prayer,’ cp. Il.15. 378, 598; 23. 199; (2) a ‘curse,’ Il.9. 566, etc. etc.; (3) ‘mischief’ or ‘harm,’ Od.2. 59; 22.208; Il.12. 334, etc. An attempt has been made to distinguish (3) as an altogether different word, connected with “ἀρημένος”: and Heyne ( Il.12. 334) vainly endeavours to restrict “ἀ_ρή” to meaning (2), and “ἀ^ρή” to (1).

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

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