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[290] The intervention of the strong word φάρμακα between ἐν and σίτῳ inclines us to read, with Bekker, “ἐνί” for “ἐν”, and thus to make a true tmesis (allowable with a disyllabic preposition) =“ἐμβαλέει”. Others make “σίτῳ” a local dative epexegetical of the adverb “ἐν”. So on Od. 9.212.

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