[98] ἀφείδησαν: Seaton (Class. Rev. xv p. 29) admirably defends this use of ἀφειδεῖν = ἀμελεῖν. The reading ἀκήδησαν was adopted by Merkel on the authority of Choeroboscus, and is approved by Bonitz and Jebb. In Soph. Ant. 414, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀφειδήσοι πόνου, Jebb reads ἀκηδήσοι, though, as Seaton points out, ἀφειο̂ήσοι is defended by the use of ἀφειδής in Thuc. 4. 26, τοῖς δὲ ἀφειδὴς ὁ κατάπλους καθεστήκει, 'the landing was made recklessly.' ἀφειδεῖν = ἀμελεῖν is found again in 2 869 and 3. 930, while the adj. is used in an active sense in 4. 1252, ἀφειδέες … δείματος. For the varying quantity of the penult. of Βέβρυκες v. App. 11 (k).
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Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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