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[138] τρέσσαν, ‘fled scared.’ According to Aristarchus “τρεῖν” always has the notion of ‘fleeing;’ but the meaning is certainly not strongly brought out in every passage, as “ἀλλ᾽ αὐτοὶ τρεῖτ᾽ ἄσπετον Il.17. 332, “μὴ λίην τρέε Il.21. 288.The general force is like that of Lat. ‘trepidare.’ Pausanias (1. 22) tells us that this scene was depicted in the Propylaea at Athens, by Polygnotus.

ἠιόνας. The scene is laid near the mouth of a river, so that there is no difficulty here in translating ‘jutting spits,’ probably of low sandy beach, common in such places. See on Od. 5.441.

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