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[224] καί περ. The only passage in Homer where καί stands in immediate juxtaposition to περ. Elsewhere they are separated, as ne . . quidem in Latin.

καὶ λίποι. So Il.5. 685ἔπειτά με καὶ λίποι αἰὼν

ἐν πόλει ὑμετέρῃ”, where “ἔπειτα”, ‘thereafter,’ adds a similar force to that expressed here by the participial clause “ἰδόντα κ.τ.λ.” The addition of καί emphasises λίποι αἰών, so as to make it mean the worst thing that could happen. Cp. Romeo and Juliet Il., 2. 6‘But come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy That one short minute gives me in her sight.’

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