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[188] γε takes up the subject implied in the negative sentence “οὔ πώ τις παρήλασε”.

The aorist in τερψάμενος is contrasted with εἰδώς, ‘he has had his pleasure,’ and the ‘knowledge’ abides with him. Similarly, we must contrast μόγησαν, applying to one completed fact, with γένηται, where the mood expresses a general statement, serving for all time. Nitzsch compares “ὅτεών τε πόλιν καὶ γαῖαν ἵκηται Od.10. 39, “ μὴ ἄλλοι ἀοσσητῆρες ἔωσι Od.4. 165.Cp. also sup. 66 “ τις ἵκηται”.

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