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The δέ is common in oracles (cf. 174. 5 et pass.); it marks off an answer from a preceding one given to other inquirers (u. s.).

For a like claim to omniscience cf. Pind. Pyth. 9. 44 seq.

χαλκόν, cogn. acc. Cf. Il. iii. 57λάινον ἕσσο χιτῶνα”, ‘with brass is it (the tortoise) clad above’; cf. 48. 2 for explanation.

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