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[385] πρὸ δὲ κύματ᾽ ἔαξεν, ‘and beat down the waves in front of him.’ The conflict of winds had raised a heavy cross sea, in which no swimmer could live. Ameis quotes here Tac. Ann.2. 23‘postquam incerti fluctus variis undique procellis desierunt, omne caelum et mare in aquilonem cessit.’

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