ἀκούων τῶνδ̓, hearing these words (1167): cp. 418: for “τῶνδ̓” referring to what precedes, 787. ὅς=“ὅστις”: O. T. 1068 “μήποτε γνοίης ὃς εἶ”: Ai. 1259 “μαθὼν ὃς εἶ”. Plat. Meno. 80D “περὶ ἀρετῆς, ὃ ἔστιν, ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα”. Her. 9.71 “γενομένης λέσχης ὃς γένοιτο αὐτῶν ἄριστος”. προστάτης, one who presents himself before a god as a suppliant: so 1278: schol. “ὁ ἱκέτης, ὁ προσεστηκὼς τῷ βωμῷ”. Elsewhere the word always=“"protector"” or “"patron"” (as O. T. 303, 411, 882, Tr. 209). Cp.
, "have oft come before thee with offerings of my best in suppliant hand."“ἥ σε (sc. τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα) πολλὰ δὴ
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