[77] Here as elsewhere the invocation indicates that the poet is awaking a louder strain. As Germ. remarks, the hint is from Il. 16. 112, ἕσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχουσαι, Ὅππως δὴ πρῶτον πῦρ ἔμπεσε νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν.
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