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[380] ἠβαιόν occurs only in this phrase, and always at the end of a line, except Od. 9.462ἐλθόντες δ᾽ ἠβαιὸν ἀπὸ σπείους”. It would seem that some of the ancients preferred to write “οὐδ᾽ βαιόν” or “οὐ δὴ βαιόν”. The origin of the word and its relation to “βαιός” are quite uncertain.

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