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[359] The μέλαν ὕδωρ, which the crews draw for their use, is water from deep places, where the light cannot reach it. Compare “κρήνη μελάνυδρος” Od.20. 158; Il.16. 3(where the water is also called “δνοφερόν”). The same epithet is applied to water in tanks, Od.6. 91; in deep rivers, Il.2. 825; and in deep sea-gulfs, Od.12. 104.The antithesis to it is “λευκὸν ὕδωρ” Od.5. 70, and “ἀγλαὸν ὕδωρ” Il.2. 307.But cp. Il.21. 202.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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