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Strophe 5

ἐμὲ δ᾽ εὐθὺν ἀκόντων, κτἑ.: The poet checks himself again. He has darts enough (cf. O. 2.91: πολλά μοι ὑπ᾽ ἀγκῶνος βέλη), but he has a definite aim (O. 2.98: ἔπεχε νῦν σκοπῷ τόξον), and would not speed too many darts beside the mark (P. 1.44: ἀγῶνος ἔξω). The figures grow out of τοξόταν ... στρατόν.


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