[121] “ἀπὸ νύσσης, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀφετηρίας” Schol. B. Q. i. e. from the starting line; exactly equivalent to our word, ‘the scratch,’ cp. “νύσσω”. It seems impossible to take δρόμος of the ‘course;’ it rather is ‘the running was kept up at full speed.’ Cp. “τῶν ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο” Il.12. 436, “τέτατο κρατερὴ ὑσμίην” Il.17. 543, and especially Il.23. 373“ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ πύματον τέλεον δρόμον ὠκέες ἵπποι”
“ἂψ ἐφ᾽ ἁλὸς πολιῆς, τότε δὴ ἀρετή γε ἑκάστου”“φαίνετ̓, ἄφαρ δ᾽ ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος, ὦκα δ᾽ ἔπειτα”
“αἱ Φηρητιάδαο ποδωκέες ἔκφερον ἵπποι”, compared with ib. 758 “τοῖσι δ᾽ ἀπὸ νύσσης τέτατο δρόμος, ὦκα δ᾽ ἔπειτα”
“ἔκφερ᾽ Ὀιλιάδης”.