[20] 20-21 = 10.483-84; but ὕδωρ in place of “γαῖα” leaves an hiatus at the end of the fifth foot. The “ι” of the dat. is rarely, if ever, left unelided. Bentl. conj. “κῦμα. αἵματος” is also a possible alternative (cf. “πρῆσαι πυρός” and similar phrases in H. G. § 151 e).