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[578] Ἀργείων Δαναῶν. The phrase “Ἀργείη Ἑλένη” suggests that “Ἀργείων” here is an epithet, referring to the home of the Δαναοί. The expression “δίψιον Ἄργος” has suggested to K. O. Müller to connect “Δαναός” with “δανός”, ‘dry;’ while others assign a meaning directly contrary to “Δαναός”, as if from “δα”, ‘very’ (as in “δάσκιος”) and “να-” (“νάω”, ‘to flow’). Gladstone would make “Δαναοί” the epithet and “Ἀργεῖοι” the noun. Bekker prefers “ἡρώων Δαναῶν”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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