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[279] καθύπερθε μελαθρόφιν, the second and more explicit word is the epexegesis of the first. A similar form of epexegesis is found in Od.4. 348οὐκ ἂν ἐγώ γε

ἄλλα παρὲξ εἴποιμι παρακλιδόν”, Il.2. 668τριχθὰ . . ᾤκηθεν καταφυλαδόν. μέλαθρον” is the roofbeam or rafter, as Schol. T. “κυρίως τὸ μέσον τῆς στέγης ξύλον τὸ ὕπατον”. He derives it from “μέλας” because it became blackened by the smoke. See on Od. 11.278.

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