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[124] βωστρεῖν, as if from “βωστής”, i.e. “βοηστής. βοάω” Lobeck. Paralip. 450. Nitzsch compares “ἐλαστρέω” with “ἐλάω”.

Κραταιίς, mother of Scylla, is a personification (see Od.11. 597) of the wild forces of Nature. Later legend represented Scylla as daughter of Hecate by Phorcys or Triton. The Schol. regarding “κραταιίς” as an adverb, would render ‘mightily entreat.’

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