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[178] ὤρινάς μοι θυμόν. The asyndeton is significant. Odysseus has been carried by his warmth to the extreme limits of the freedom which as a stranger he would wish to allow himself, and he hastens to excuse himself to the company. The asyndeton expresses his anxiety to make amends and to resume the demeanour of courtesy.

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