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[712] 'But she herself, at the hearth within the house, burnt the sacrificial cakes and the expiatory offerings, uttering the prayers which accompany libations made without wine.'

πελάνους: see note to 1.1077.

νηφαλίῃσιν: these wineless libations consisted of water, and honey mixed with milk (μελίκρατον); cf. Aesch. Eum. 107, χοάς τ᾽ ἀοίνους, νηφάλια μειλίγματα: Soph. O.C. 100, 481: Poll. 6. 26, νηφαλιεύειν … τὸ χρῆσθαι θυσίαις ἀοίνοις, ὧν τὰς ἐναντίας θυσίας οἰνοσπόνδους ἔλεγον.


Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.

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