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[238] δικασπόλος, qui jus colit, see on 63; the “ς”, however, is strange, as compounds are very rarely formed directly from the acc. See, however, H. G. §§ 124 f. Brugmann, Gr. i. 172, compares “μογοστόκος” for “μογονς - τοκος”. θέμιστας εἰρύαται, guard (216) the traditions, which are deposited as a sacred mystery in the keeping of the kings. So in old Iceland and Ireland law was a tradition preserved entirely by the special knowledge of a few men; the plur. “θέμιστες” is used exactly in the sense of our ‘precedents.’ See note on 9.99.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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