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[164] χροῖηι here = skin. The word does not recur in H., and in later Greek generally means colour, but the two ideas are closely connected in the common idea surface. So Theognis 1011 “κατὰ χροιὴν ῥέει ἱδρώς”, and conversely “χρώς” = colour in Aisch. Pers. 317, while in 5.354, 13.279 and similar passages either idea will suit. Still it must be confessed that the phrase is an odd one.

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