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[301] ἐοικότα τοῖσι, sc. “δώμασι”, ‘for the houses of the Phaeacians are not built at all resembling it, seeing how fine is the palace of A. ’ In the following line “δόμος” is substituted for “δώματα”, and the whole clause “οἷος δόμος Ἀλκ”. stands as an awkward epexegesis of “ἐοικότα τοῖσι”. Compare “οὔ τι τοιοῦτον ἐτύχθη

οἵην τερπωλὴν θεὸς ἤγαγεHom. Od.18. 36.

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