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[151] Observe how a mere detail in the original scheme of the simile is here made the base of a fresh simile. It must be confessed, however, that the sudden turn is rather disturbing to the effect. Ameis refers for similar ‘twosided’ comparisons to 15.623 ff., 13.492 ff., 795 ff. κομπεῖν occurs only here.

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