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[38] ἔκβητε, ‘leave the ship again;’ see Od.4. 785, and Appendix 1. § 9.

θοήν, a proleptic epithet meaning, ‘which shall be soon ready;’ cp. Od.2. 257λῦσεν δ᾽ ἀγορὴν αἰψηρήν”. Perhaps our ‘hasty meal’ comes near enough.

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