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οὐδ᾽ ἄγγελός ...
ἐχρήσατ᾽ ἄν;
The sentence begins as if ἄγγελός τις were to be followed by ἦλθε but the second alternative, συμπράκτωρ ὁδοῦ, suggests κατεῖδε [had seen, though he did not speak]: and this, by a kind of zeugma, stands as verb to ἄγγελος also. Cp. Hdt. 4.106 “ἐσθῆτα δὲ φορέουσι τῇ Σκυθικῇ ὁμοίην, γλῶσσαν δὲ ἰδίην.” οὐδ᾽ ἀγγελός: Hom. Il. 12.73 “οὐκέτ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ὀΐω οὐδ᾽ ἄγγελον ἀπονέεσθαι.”
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