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[558] The important clause is ἰὼν ἐς κλίμακα μακρήν, he forgot that this was the only way in which to descend safely from the flat roof, where he had been lying to cool himself. Instead of this καταντικρὺ τέγεος πέσεν. Eustath. describes his position “ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ ἄνω κείμενος διὰ τὸ τὰ δώματα μὴ κεραμωτὰ εἶναι, ἀλλ᾽ ὁποῖα καὶ νῦν ὡς εἰκὸς μυριαχοῦ ὧν ταῖς δοκοῖς” (trabibus) “γῆ ἐπαμᾶται, ὡς ἐντεῦθεν τὴν στέγην χρήσιμον εἶναι πρὸς τὸ ἐγκοιμᾶσθαι”.

ἄψορρον only means ‘back again,’ after having mounted the roof.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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