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[270] θύεα, apparently burnt-offerings in the general sense; Homer makes no mention of incense properly so called, nor would that suit the compound “θυοσκόος”. (It is, however, possible that in 14.172 “ἐλαίωι τό ῥά οἱ τεθυωμένον ἦεν” a scented oil may be meant.) The word recurs 9.499, Od. 15.261, in the latter case as a correlative to “θύοντα”. Cf. Lehrs Ar. p. 83, and the commentators on Od. 5.60.

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

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