[19] ἀμβρόσιος: used like “ἄμβροτος” and “θεῖος”, of everything attractive and refreshing that comes from the gods; only here, of sleep.
κέχυτο: had poured itself out, like an enveloping cloud; cf. v. 34, “ὕπνον ι ἡδὺν ἐπὶ βλεφάροισι βάλε γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη α” 363 f., (“ὕπνος”) “νήδυμος ἀμφιχυθείς Ξ 253, ὕπνον χεύῃ Ξ” 164.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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