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[477] ἐξ ὁμόθεν πεφυῶτας. It seems better to join “ἐξ” with “ὁμόθεν” on the analogy of “παρ᾽ αὐτόθι” Il.23. 147; or perhaps “κατ᾽ αὐτόθι” Od.21. 90.A similar phrase is “ἐξ οὐρανόθεν” Il.8. 21.We may translate ‘growing from the same spot,’ or even ‘from the same root;’ as Phaeacia was a land of marvel. Others join “ἐξ” with “πεφυῶτας”. Compare “ἑνὸς αὐχένος ἐκπεφυυῖαι” Il.11. 40.

φυλίη, according to some commentators, is a sort of evergreen thorn (Rhamnus alaternus Linn.), still called “φυλίκη” in Corfu. But it is generally and best taken with Eustath., Scholl., and Dioscorides as = “ἀγριέλαιος”, ‘wild olive.’ Heysch. adds to the uncertainty, by giving as a further interpretation “εἶδος συκῆς ἢ εἶδος δένδρου ὅμοιον πρίνῳ”.

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

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