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[151] ἀποβρίξαντες, ‘having fallen asleep.’ “βρίζειν”, connected with “βρίθειν” and “βαρύς”, is properly to be ‘heavy with sleep.’ Cp. Theocr. Ep. 21θαρ-” “σέων καθίζευ κἂν θελῃς ἀπόβριξον”. So Opp. Cyneg. 3. 511, on the wakefulness of hares: “ οὔ ποτε γὰρ δὴ
ὕπνον ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν ἀποβρίξαντες ἕλοντο

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