[1113] ἐνὶ χερσὶν ἑαῖς: 'almost within their grasp,' cf. Eur. Heracl. 429, ναυτίλοι … ἐς χεῖρα γῇ συνῆψαν, Virg. G. 2. 44, “In manibus terrae.”
ἑαῖς: οὐκ εὖ εἴρηκεν: ὤφειλε γὰρ σφετέραις. Schol. Brugmann (Ein Prob. der Hom. Textkr.) shows that the pronominal stem sva was originally applicable to all persons and numbers, the adjectival forms meaning no more than 'own' (v. Leaf on Il. 1. 393, App. A). Ap. uses ἑός （σεϝε-, σεϝο） (a) for 3 pers. sing., v. n. 225 (b) for 3 pers. pl., instead of σφός or σφέτερος, as here (c) for 1 pers. sing. 2. 226, 776 (?) (d) for 2 pers. sing. 2. 634; 3. 140, 511, 1041 (e) for 1 pers. pl. 4. 203 (f) for 2 pers. pl. 2. 332; 3. 267. We find ἑός = σφέτερος in Hes. Op. 58.This text is part of:
Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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