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[166] ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως (the words always thus separated by “δέ” in Homer) seems to begin the comparison at the wrong end. It would run more naturally “ὡς καὶ κεῖνο ἰδὼν ἐτεθήπεα, ὣς αὔτως σὲ ἄγαμαι”, whereas it takes the reverse order, ‘tantum, illud conspicatus, obstupui quantum te iam nunc admiror.’

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