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[51] ἔπειθε, endeavoured to persuade (observe the different sense of the aor. in 61). The variant “ὄρινε” is less appropriate; for, as La R. points out, the appeal is not to Menelaos' emotions, but to his reason. The line recurs several times, always with “ὄρινε” (2.142. 3.395, 4.208, 11.804, 13.468, Od. 17.150). See, however, 22.78.

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