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[93] δεδήει: this metaphor is a favourite one with Homer, especially of battle (cf. “ὧς οἱ μὲν μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο18.1, and the word “δαΐς”); it is applied even to “οἰμωγή” in Od. 20.353. For the personification of ὄσσα, heaven-sent rumour, cf. Od. 24.413, and see Buttmann Lexil. s.v.

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