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[428] τῶ οἱ ἀπεμν́ησαντο, therefore they remembered them (his gifts) for him. Cf. Hes. Theog. 503οἵ οἱ ἀπεμνήσαντο χάριν εὐεργεσιάων”. Several MSS. have “τῶν” (sc. “δώρων”), but a pronoun with so definite a reference could not apply to anything but “θεῶν”. There is a well supported variant “ἐπεμνήσαντο”, cf. 15.662, 17.103. But the passage from Hes. (where there is no variant) and Thuk.i. 137αὐτῶι χάριν ἀπομνήσεσθαι ἀξίαν” shew that the sense of ‘requiting a favour’ belongs to the compound with “ἀπο-”.

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