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The dream is modelled on that sent to Agamemnon (Il. ii. 66). In imposing human form (cf. v. 56. 1) the sprite, by the will of God (cf. 15. 3), misleads and deceives the dreamer. So on the vase described (ch. 8 n.), Ἀπάτη, with lighted torches in her hands, incites Asia to make war on Hellas.

οὔτε ... πάρα = πάρεστι, ‘neque adest qui tibi indulgeat.’ Cf. Soph. Ant. 261οὐδ᾽ κωλύσων παρῆν”.

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