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[68] ἡ δ᾽. This marks a new feature; cp. Od.10. 162.Round the cave were alder, aspen, and cypress, but climbing upon the cave, and hanging over the edge (αὐτοῦ=‘on the spot,’ defined by “περὶ σπείους”), was a different kind of tree, viz. “ἡμερίς”, the ‘garden vine.’ We may suppose that the form “σπείους” (stem “σπεες”） like “δείους” Il.10. 376, was originally written “σπέεος”. See Monro, H. G. § 105, 5; App. c. 4.

τετάνυστο, ‘trailed.’

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

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