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[385] 385 = Od. 12.413. For the comparison to a man ‘taking a header’ cf. 16.742, where the idea is worked out, “ἦ μάλ᾽ ἐλαφρὸς ἀνήρ, ὡς ῥεῖα κυβιστᾶι, κτλ.” Paley quotes also Eur. Suppl. 692 “ἐς κρᾶτα πρὸς γῆν ἐκκυβιστώντων βίαι”, and Eur. Phoen. 1150. Eur. Itis possible that the omission of ἄῤ (see above) may be the relic of a genuine tradition “δὲ ϝαρνευτῆρι”, but the word is practically unknown except in these three passages of H., and the der. can only be guessed at. The reading of Syr.suggests “ἄρα νευτῆρι” (Cureton: cf. “νευτήρ: κολυμβητής” Hesych. There is no need to correct this to “νευστήρ”, cf. Eur. Phoen. ut supra, “ἐς οὖδας εἶδες ἂν πρὸ τειχέων”

“πυκνοὺς κυβιστητῆρας ἐκνενευκότας”).

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1150
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    • Homer, Iliad, 16.742
    • Homer, Odyssey, 12.413
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