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[30] ἧς περ ἄνασσες ‘of which you were master.’ This use of “ἀνάσσω” occurs also in Il.20. 180ἐλπόμενον Τρώεσσιν ἀνάξειν ἱπποδάμοισι τιμῆς τῆς Πριάμου”, where it seems to imply wrongful ‘mastery’ of what belongs to another.

39-40, = Il.16. 775-776; where “λελασμένος ἱπποσυνάων” is said—more appropriately—of the chariot-driver (Sittl).

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