[465] “μίστυλλον κτλ”.: cf. pars in frusta secant, verubusque trementia figunt Verg. Aen. i. 212.
466 = “Β 429, Η 318, Ω 624, ξ” 431, cf. Od. 19.423. περιφραδέως: i.e. to keep it from burning. ἐρύσαντο: drew it off from the spits, after it was roasted. 467 = “Β 430, Η” 319. 468 = v. 602, “Η 320, Ψ 56, τ” 425. ἐίσης: equal, of which each has a fair share; the feast was common to all, but the leaders had the better portions, “Η 321, Θ” 161 f. 469 = “Β 432, Η 323, Ι 92, 222, Ψ 57, Ω” 628, and 11 times in the Odyssey. — A set verse to mark the end of a feast, see § 1 w. Vergil imitates in postquam exemta fames et amor compressus edendi Aen. viii. 184. ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο: cf. “ἀνεῖσαν ἡδονὴν” (sc. “δαιτός”) Eur. Ion 1170. ἔρον: for the form, see §§ 4 i, 18 e. — The previous pouring out of the wine is not mentioned, as might be expected. 470 = “Ι 175, α 148, γ 339, φ” 271. — “κοῦροι μὲν κτλ”.: for a solemn libation of the whole company, since only Chryses poured a libation before, v. 462. cf. 9.222-224. ἐπεστέψαντο: cf. “κρητῆρας ἐπιστεφέας οἴνοιο Θ” 232. — This verse seems to have been misunderstood by Vergil (or did he think to improve the description?), cf. crateras magnos statuunt et vina coronant Aen. i. 724, magnum cratera corona | induit, implevitque mero Aen. iii. 525 f.This text is part of:
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