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[160] πετάσειε ‘might flutter.’ The metaphor is obscure. The notion may be that the minds of the Suitors would be excited or ‘elated’ as a sail is filled by the wind: cp. the phrase “ἀνά θ᾽ ἱστία λευκὰ πετάσσας”, and the later uses of “διαστέλλω”. See also l. 327.

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