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ξύνοδος—in celebration of the god's birth. ἐθεώρουν—‘attended the festival.’ ἐς τὰ Ἐφέσια—in honour of Artemis (ἡ Ἐφεσία θεός). χορούς τε ἀνῆγον—from the meaning ‘lift up’ a cry, etc, ἀνάγω comes to mean ‘set going,’ ‘start’; Eur. Tro. 325 ἄναγ᾽ ἄναγε χορόν. Notice the metrical χορούς τ᾽ ἀνῆγον αἱ πόλεις.
Commentary on Thucydides Book 3. E.C. Marchant. London. MacMillan & Company. 1909.
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