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[289] τῷ, not “τῳ”, for the enclitic cannot well begin a verse. For the use of the demonstrative to prepare for a relative sentence compare “τάων αἳ πάρος ἦσαν Od.2. 119, “γαμέεσθαι

τῷ ὅτεῴ τε πατὴρ κέλεται Od.2. 114, “τῷ δόμεν ὃς . . εἴποι Il.18. 508.
ἐδίδου. Notice the tense, ‘was not ready to give;’ ‘was not for giving;’ compare “ἐμισθοῦτο παρ᾽ οὐκ ἐκδιδόντος τὴν αὐλήνHdt.1. 68.

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