[350] ἀπονόσφι τραπέσθαι. This expresses the reverential attitude of those who must not gaze on the actual working of superhuman power. The same injunction is given by Circe, Od.10. 528, and reappears in the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, as told by Virgil, Georg.4.Cp. Theocr. 24. 93 “ἂψ δὲ νέεσθαι”
“ἄστρεπτος”, Virg. Ecl.8. 101‘rivoque fluentitransque caput iace nec respexeris.’