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[416] ἂννηὸς βαῖνε. This phrase occurs also in Od.9. 177; 15.284. Nitzsch joins “ἀνά” with “νήος”, and makes it mean (as distinguished from “ἐπὶ νηός”) the ascent necessary in stepping on board. But “ἀνά” is never found with the genitive. Rost joins the preposition with the verb, leaving “νηός”, to stand as a genitive of locality. And since elsewhere “ἀναβαίνειν” is construed with an accusative ( Il.1. 497; Od.3. 481; 15. 145, etc.), ‘this is the better way,’ ‘he went up aboard the ship.’

ἦρχε=‘led the way.’

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