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[179] ἀμαιμάκετος is one of the many obscure epithets of Homer; cf. 16.328. It is used again of the mast of a ship in a storm, Od. 14.311. The old interpretation was “ἄμαχος”. It is perhaps a reduplicated form from “μακ-ρός”, ‘very tall’ (Monro).

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