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Epode 10

ἀδαμάντινον: So Apoll. Rhod. 3, 1285: ἀδάμαντος ἄροτρον.

σκίμψατο: “Pressed hard.” L. & S. transl. “alleged!” Applies strictly to ἄροτρον alone, not to the oxen, which would require ἔστησεν. Transl. καί, “with.”


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