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[272] ἀγαλλόμενοι. To do full justice to this word, we must remember that there is a sort of personal friendship between the Phaeacians and their famous ships, which “αὐταὶ ἴσασι νοήματα καὶ φρένας ἀνδρῶν Od.8. 559.The story of Hiawatha and his magic canoe may be compared with this.

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