βαστάσῃ, take in the hands, ‘lift’ (920). Cp. Eur. Alc. 724“βαστάζων νεκρόν”=“ἐκφέρων”. Cp. Soph. Ant. 43“νεκρὸν..κουφιεῖς.” πεπτῶτα περὶ ξίφει: cp. 899, 907: II. Od. 424“ἀποθνῄσκων περὶ φασγάνῳ”: Il. 13. 570“περὶ δουρὶ ι ἤσπαιῤ”: ib. 8. 86 “κυλινδόμενος περὶ χαλκῷ” (said of a wounded horse, ‘writhing about’ the barb of an arrow): ib. 23. 30 (“βόες”) “ἀμφὶ σιδήρῳ ι σφαζόμενοι”. See on 899.
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