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[552] μετ᾽ ὄγμον, into the midst of the furrow, between the ridges (H. G. § 195). ἐπ́ητριμα, see note on 211. The δράγματα (11.69) are the armfuls, lit. graspings, taken by the left arm to be cut with the sickle; δραγμεύοντες= picking up these armfuls.

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