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[489] οἴη, no doubt because the few other circumpolar constellations, Ursa Minor, Draco, etc., none of which are conspicuous, were creations of later astronomy; the Little Bear is said to have been introduced to Greece from Phoenicia by Thales of Miletos. Düntzer and Nauck read “αἰεί”, which is quite needless. See Aristotle Poet. xxv. 10 “τὸ “οἴη δ᾽ ἄμμορος” κατὰ μεταφοράν, τὸ γὰρ γνωριμώτατον μόνον” . With λοετρῶν Ὠκεανοῖο compare “λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο” of Seirios, E 6; Ovid's “immunis aequoris Arctos,” Met. 13. 293.

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

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