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[440] χέρνιβα (“χείρ . . νίπτειν”), water for washing, not for sprinkling. Cp. Il.24. 302 foll. for the same preparation for worship. Here, the water was brought in a bowl damasked with flowers, according to the Schol. “ποικίλον ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντετορευμένων ἀνθῶν”, which bowl had been kept in a store-room (“θάλαμος”), and was brought out for the occasion.

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