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[249] ἐξημοιβά, ‘changes of raiment.’ The force of “ἐξ” implies that they are worn successively. Cp. “ἐπημοιβοὶ χιτῶνες Od.14. 513.

εὐναί need mean nothing more than plenty of sleep in warm and comfortable beds; though the notion of “φιλότης καὶ εὐνή” may be included; cp. also Od.11. 249.Eustath. seems to lean to this, saying, “δηλοῖ γὰρ οὐχ ἁπλῶς κοίτας, ἀλλὰ καί τι πλέον, εἰ χρὴ σεμνῶς φράσαι τὸ σεμνόν τὸ ἄσεμνον”].

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