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[66] γάμον. Preparation for her marriage was the reason urged upon her by Athena, in the dream. θαλερός is used as an epithet of youths in the flower of their age, and may easily be transferred to “γάμος”, ‘marriage in her maiden-prime;’ or it may be a fixed epithet of “γάμος” in the sense of ‘fruitful;’ which would further explain the feeling of “αἰδώς” which kept her silent upon the subject.

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