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[152] θᾶσσον. The force of the comparative is almost equivalent to ‘the sooner the better.’ It is frequently used with imperatives, as Od.10. 72; 16.130; 20. 154, etc.; but the order of words here rather implies its close connection with ἱκέσθαι, parallel to “καρπαλίμως” in Od.6. 311 foll. “ἵνα” “νόστιμον ἦμαρ ἴδηαι

καρπαλίμως”. Cp. inf. 194.

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