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[174] διιπετέος, only of rivers; 17.263, 21.268, 326, and in Od. of the Nile. It is generally taken to mean falling from Zeus, as rivers are fed by rain from heaven. But Schulze (Q. E. p. 238) remarks that this would require “διοπετής” (Eur. I. T. 977). He therefore explains ‘Iovis iussu et opera decurrens.’ Zenodoros (Porph. on 17.263) explained it by “διαυγής”, transparent; and so apparently Eur. Bacch. 1268 “λαμπρότερος ἢ πρὶν καὶ διιπετέστερος”.

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

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