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[72] “οὐδ̓ ἄῤ ἔτι δὴν κτλ.” is a litotes, meaning that he did not turn away at all: cp. Il.16. 736οὐδὲ δὴν χάζετο φωτός” ‘it did not long give way from,’ = ‘was quick in reaching the man.’

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