θεοί: for the synizesis cp. 196. γένοιτο … γένοιτο δὲ: cp. 633 n.— ταῦτα νῷν: the vague phrase covers his secret prayer,—that, sharing the possession of the bow with Ph. , he may also share the victory over Troy (115). κεὐσταλής, well-sped, expeditious: cp. 516 n. ὅποι ποτὲ κ.τ.λ.: with the same ambiguity as in 529.