[603] ἔνδιον: from the root διϝ (shine), Skt. div, Lat. divus, dies, etc., so that ἔνδιος meant 'in the full light of day,' i.e. at noon, cf. Od. 4. 450, ἔνδιος δ᾽ ὁ γέρων ἦλθε. The Alex. writers used τὸ ἔνδιον for 'noon.' In 4. 1312 the penult. is short. Merkel explains ἐς ἔνδιον in our passage by ad vesperam usque on two grounds: (1) that the Argo itself, sailing with a favourable breeze, took from dawn till eve to reach Lemnos from Athos; (2) that both ἔνδιος and δείλη are derived in Et. Mag. (261, 20; 339, 1), παρὰ τὸ ἐνδεῖν καὶ ἐλαττοῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν, though ἔνδιος is explained by ἡ μεσημβρία. He also cites Plut. Symp. viii 6, ἔνδιον γὰρ τὸ δειλινόν.
ἐύστολος: cf. Soph. Phil. 516, ἐπ᾽ εὐστόλου ταχείας νεώς, where Jebb explains it 'well-equipped.'This text is part of:
Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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