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[431] ἐπεσσύμενον does not resume “ἐπεσσύμενος” in v. 428, but is the nominative in agreement with “κῦμα”, as sup. 314. There is something graphic in the change;—Odysseus flings himself upon the coast, but the wave flings itself on him.

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