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[155] παρ᾽ οὐκ ἐθέλων ἐθελούσῃ. The grammatical order of the words here gives way to the favourite usage of bringing contrasted words into immediate juxtaposition. Cp. Od.3. 272ἐθέλων ἐθέλουσαν”, sup. 97 “θεὰ θεόν”, inf. 224 “μετὰ καὶ τόδε τοῖσι γενέσθω”, Od.15. 488παρὰ καὶ κακῷ ἐσθλὸν ἔθηκεν”. Plat. Apol.37Dκαλῶς οὖν ἄν μοι βίος εἴη . . ἄλλην ἐξ ἄλλης πόλιν πόλεως ἀμειβομένῳ”. The Alexandrine grammarian called this hyperbaton, “ἀντιστροφὴ Ἰωνική”.

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