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“ὀρνυμένοιο νέον: μελάνει δέ τε πόντος ὑπ᾽ αὐτῆς”, where the Gramm. add, “φρίξ . . τὸ ἐκ γαλήνης πρῶτον ἐξορθούμενον κῦμα”, and “φρὶξ Ζεφύρου—ἡ πρώτη ἠρεμαία αὐτοῦ κατὰ πόντον ἐπίπνοια”. Catullus has imitated the passage, Pel. and Thet. 269 “hic qualis flatu placidum mare matutino horrificans Zephyrus” , and Virgil has caught the idea of “μελαίνῃ” in the phrase ‘inhorruit unda tenebris’ Aen.3. 195.The ruffled surface of the water veils the sea-god as he rises.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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