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[11] θεοῦ δ᾽ ὥς, ‘the people hearkened to him as to a god.’

12, 13. , both demonstratives.

τρέφε. The “τροφός” in the Greek family always retained in the household a position of intimacy and confidence; as may further be seen by the frequent representation of “τροφοί” on the Athenian stage. Sometimes the nurse suckled, sometimes only attended on the children, cp. Od.19. 482; Il.6. 467 with Od.11. 447; Il.22. 80-83, Nitzsch compares Genesis 24. 39.

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