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[311] ἀφάρτεροι, the adjectival form occurs only here. Compare “τῶν ἄφαρ εἰσὶ πόδες” Theogn. 716. The origin of the word is still obscure; it hardly seems likely that the meaning fleet should have developed from the adverbial straightway.

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