[569] ῥαισέμεναι, ‘that he,’ sc. Poseidon, ‘would crush.’
ὄρος … ἀμφικαλύψειν, ‘would throw a mountain round about the city.’ So Il.8. 331“ἀλλὰ θέων περίβη καί οἱ σάκος ἀμφεκάλυψε”. The meaning of Poseidon's threat is not that he will crush the city by hurling some mountain upon it; but that he will pen them in with a mountain-wall, and so cut off their access to the water, and put an end to their seafaring life.Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:
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