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[211] There is an anacoluthon here; the construction is just like 10.224σύν τε δύ᾽ ἐρχομένω, καί τε πρὸ τοῦ ἐνόησεν”. In both cases the sentence begins as if “ἄμφω” (“δύο”) were to be continued in distributive apposition (“ἀπὸ ὅλου εἰς μέρη”) by an “ μὲν .. δέ” (as Od. 18.95δὴ τότ᾽ ἀνασχομένω μὲν ἤλασε δεξιὸν ὦμον

Ἶρος, δ᾽ αὐχέν᾽ ἔλασσεν,7.306, 12.400, etc.). But here the second member is forgotten altogether; in K the two are run together into “πρὸ τοῦ”. Cf. also Od. 12.73οἱ δὲ δύω σκόπελοι μέν” .. followed by “τὸν δ᾽ ἕτερον” 101. Zenod. read “ἑζομένων”, apparently regarding “ἄμφω” as indeclinable (it is not found in H. except in nom. and acc.).

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