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[160] The addition of the Trojans is a curiously awkward afterthought. ῥέον too, though the proper correlative to 5.618 etc. “δούρατ᾽ ἔχευαν”, has an odd effect in this connexion. αὖον ἀύτευν: cf. “καρφαλέον ἄυσεν13.409 (whence Fick conj. “αὖον ἄυον” here), “fragor aridus” Virgil, and “sonus aridus” Lucretius.

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