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[49] ἀπίης, see 1.270. Observe the alliteration in the next line. In Greek poetry, unlike Latin, this phenomenon is sporadic and apparently accidental; some of the most marked instances in Homer occur in places where no particular effect can well be aimed at, e.g. 18.288, 20.217. ανδρῶν, plur. because Helen is regarded as having married into the nation; “νυὸς γεγαμημένη τοῖς τοῦ γαμήσαντος οἰκείοις

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