θεός: The emphatic repetition gives the key to the poem. See introd. ὅ = ὅς. κίχε . . . παραμείβεται . . . ἔκαμψε . . . παρέδωκε: The gnomic aorist often varies with the present. Many examples in Solon, fr. XIII. (Bergk). See also Tyrtaios, fr. XII. (Bergk). In the absence of an aoristic present, the Greek often uses an aor. for concentrated action in the present with a conscious contrast to the durative. See Plat. Phaidr. 247 B. So here κίχε, ἔκαμψε, παρέδωκ（ε) are finalities, παραμείβεται is process. πτερόεντα = τανύπτερον. Cf. P. 5.111: τανύπτερος αἰετός. αἰετόν: N. 3.80: αἰετὸς ὠκὺς ἐν ποτανοῖς.
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