[668] 'this dark red flame she quenched with the blood of a murdered man, which she gathered in the hollow of her hand.' πορφύρουσαν is intrans.; the devouring flame seemed to be of a blood-red hue; cf. 1. 438, πορφυρέαις ἑλίκεσσιν: Stat. Ach. 1. 161, ignis purpureus.
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Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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