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[147] παρ᾽ αὐτόθι, see note on 12.302. “ἔνορχα, τέλεια”, ‘males without blemish’ of the Jewish ritual. ἱερεύσειν ἐς πηγάς, cf. Od. 11.35τὰ δὲ μῆλα λαβὼν ἀπεδειροτόμησα ἐς βόθρον”. The phrase may imply an actual dropping of the victims into the water, cf. 21.132, but need not necessarily mean more than that the blood is allowed to run in.

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