[594] Σίντιες ἄνδρες: the earliest population of the island; to judge from their name they were marauding (“σίνομαι”) Pelasgians who had emigrated from Thrace.
ἄφαρ: const. with “πεσόντα”, cf. v. 349. κομίσαντο: took me up and cared for me, cf. “κ 73, 298, ἔνθα με Θεσπρωτῶν βασιλεὺς ἐκομίσσατο ξ” 316. cf. also “Β 183, Γ” 378. 595 = 21.434, cf. 14.222.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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