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[268] νείκεον for “νεικέοντες”, a relapse into the direct narrative form, as in 3.80, 8.346, 18.535-7. The line is, however, superfluous, and Nauck is perhaps right in doubting its authenticity. In any case “νείκεον” can refer only to “στερεοῖς”, not to “μειλιχίοις”. For the metaphorical use of στερεός, hard, cf. 9.510, 23.42, Od. 23.103.

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