[133] †“Περ̂η픆: the scribe who wrote this (and perhaps “πέρην̓” also) intended to read “περῆναι” from “περαίνω”; but neither this verb nor “περᾶν” (Barnes' conjecture usually accepted) are suitable to the act of eating. Perhaps “πέρην” may be retained as an adverb, “πέρην κατά” meaning “across (the “ἕρκος ὀδόντων”) and down the throat.” This would imply a lacuna, with a verb like “καθίημι”, cf. Il. 24.642 “ λαυκανίης καθέηκα”, and Il. 19.209. The proposal in J. H. S. xvii. p. 258 “ἱμείροντί περ εἷν̓” would introduce this verb, but the metre seems decisive against the emendation. For the throat in this or similar contexts cf. also Eur. Ion1037, Eur. Orest.41, Nicand. Alex. 131.
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