[288] Join ἐπὶ … ἴαλλε and σὺν … μάρψας. Cp.
. The cooking is a later refinement, not found in the Homeric story. Macrobius, 5. 13, referring to Virgil's treatment of the scene in Aen.3. 623, says “‘Narrationem facti nudam et brevem Maro posuit; contra Homerus “πάθος” miscuit, et dolore narrandi invidiam crudelitatis aequavit.’”“ φῶτε συμμάρψας δύω
ἔσφαξ᾽ ἑταίρων τῶν ἐμῶν ῥυθμῷ τινὶ,
τὸν μὲν λέβητος ἐς κύτος χαλκήλατον,
τὸν δ᾽ αὖ τένοντος ἁρπάσας ἄκρου ποδὸς,
παίων πρὸς ὀξὺν ὄνυχα πετραίου λίθου,
ἐγκέφαλον ἐξέρραινε
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