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[498] It has been debated from old times whether εὐρύοπα is from “ϝόψ” voice, or from root “ὀπ” to see. The former would of course express the farreaching voice of the thunder. In favour of this it may be said that the compounds of “ὀπ” make “-ωπα”, not “-οπα”, cf. “ἑλικῶπις, εὐώπιδα”, etc.; and there can be no doubt of the derivation from “ϝόψ” in Pindar's “Κρονίδαν βαρυόπαν στεροπᾶν πρύτανιν”, P. vi. 24. The word is generally a nom. On the analogy of “βαρυόπαν” we ought perhaps to read “εὐρυόπαν” for the accus. Otherwise we must assume a second nom. *“εὐρύοψ”.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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