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[807] θέμις, the giving of dooms. Cf. Od. 9.112 “τοῖσιν δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι οὔτε θέμιστες”. For the half local use we may compare “κόπρος” = byre, 18.575, and the Attic “ψῆφος” = the place of voting, Eur. I. T. 945; “πεσσοί”, Eur. Med. 68, “τυρός” = cheese-market, and so on. For the common altar of the camp see 8.249.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Taurus, 945
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    • Homer, Iliad, 8.249
    • Homer, Odyssey, 9.112
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