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[266] πικρόγαμοι, ‘would rue their wooing.’ Nitzsch remarks how in sentences expressive of exasperated or excited feeling words coined for the occasion are frequent, e.g. “ἄιρος Od.18. 73, “κακοΐλιον 19. 260, δύσμητερ 23. 97, δύσπαρι Il.3. 39, “δυσαριστοτόκεια” 18. 54. With “πικρόγαμοι” cp. Od.17. 448μὴ τάχα πικρὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ Κύπρον ἵκηαι”, the threat of Antinous.

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