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[411] νοῦσον ἀλέασθαι. See on Od. 5.394 for the views of the ancients about diseases; and for the general sentiment cp. Od.16. 447θεόθεν δ᾽ οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἀλέασθαι”. The genitive, Διός, expressing the source, is like “ἀνέμων κῦμα Od.13. 99.Their meaning probably was that they thought he had gone hopelessly mad.

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