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[16] ἔστενε, acc. to Fulda, here shews a trace of its primitive meaning, ‘made his heart full to bursting,’ cf. “στείνεσθαι14.34, Od. 18.386. But of course “κῆρ” may be equally well taken as nom. The dat. Διί seems to be an extension of the phrase “Διὶ χεῖρας ἀνασχεῖν”.

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