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[271] Compare Od. 1.43 “νῦν δ᾽ ἁθρόα πάντ᾽ ἀπέτισεν” (“Αἴγισθος”), ‘his death was the one lump sum paid as the price of his adultery and assassination’ (M. and R.). Here the “δέ” after νῦν is omitted on Platt's suggestion (J.P. xxiii. 214); the clause is clearly more vigorous without it, being an expansion of the preceding, not a contrast such as “νῦν δέ” expresses with special emphasis.

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

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