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[353] ἀστράπτων: a very natural anacoluthon, the thought in the speaker's mind being “κατένευσε Κρονίων”. For the sense of ἐπιδέξια (rather than “ἐπὶ δεξιά”, cf. “ἐνδέξια”) see on 12.239. But Heyne rejected the line as made up from 9.236; and the mention of such a vague omen is intolerably flat after the elaborate account in Odysseus' speech. When the line is omitted, Nestor also will refer to that portent.
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