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[102] Here φαίνοντες is used intransitively for ‘giving light;’ cp. Od.19. 25δμωὰς δ᾽ οὐκ εἴας προβλωσκέμεν αἵ κεν ἔφαινον”, so that νύκτας must be taken as accus. of duration of time. See also Od.18. 307λαμπτῆρας τρεῖς ἵστασαν ἐν μεγάροισιν

ὄφρα φαείνοιεν”.

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