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μηδὲ -- κεφαλῆς. Il. XVIII 23, 24. ἐκεῖνος. Homer. ἐγγὺς θεῶν. Zeus was Priam's seventh ancestor (Apollod. III 12). The phrase has a dash of old-world romance about it: cf. 391 E infra and Stallbaum on Phil. 16 C οἱ μὲν παλαιοί, κρείττονες ἡμῶν καὶ ἐγγυτέρω θεῶν οἰκοῦντες. λιτανεύοντά τε -- ἕκαστον. Il. XXII 414, 415.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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