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[72] For the thought comp. Il. 24. 218, Μή μ᾽ ἐθέλοντ᾽ ἰέναι κατερύκανε, μηδέ μοι αὐτὴ Ὄρνις ἐνὶ μεγάροισι κακὸς πέλευ: οὐδέ με πείσεις: and Apoll. R. 1. 303-4,Ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν αὖθι μετ᾽ ἀμφιπόλοισιν ἕκηλος Μίμνε δόμοις, μηδ᾽ ὄρνις ἀεικελίη πέλε νηΐ” (Jason to his weeping mother). Eur. Orest. 788, (Orestes) Δάκρυα γοῦν γένοιτ᾽ ἄν: (Pylades) οὐκοῦν οὗτος οἰωνὸς μέγας (of Orestes meeting with Electra before going to speak to the people). ‘Tanto,’ so weighty: “omina tanta” of a cheering omen 9. 21; so “omine magno” 7. 146. ‘Tantum’ Gud. originally.

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