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[518] πομπήν τ᾽ ὀτρύνω. These words make a sort of Homeric formula, as in Od.7. 151; 8.30; 11.357. It seems therefore better to take them closely together, and to regard δόμεναι κλυτὸν ἐννοσίγαιον as an epexegetic clause defining πομπήν. Similarly in Od.7. 151 we have “αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ πομπὴν ὀτρύνετε— πατρίδ᾽ ἱκέσθαι θᾶσσον”, ‘hasten on with the preparations for my return—that I may reach home all the sooner.’ So we may render here, ‘and let me make speedy preparation for your return— that the famous Earthshaker may grant you one.’

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

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