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[116] δυσώνυμος: cf. 6.255δυσώνυμοι” “υἷες Ἀχαιῶν,Od. 19.571ἥδε δὴ ἠὼς εἶσι δυσώνυμος”: hardly to be named, accursed. ἀμφεκάλυψεν: the metaphor is given fully in 16.350θανάτου νέφος ἀμφεκάλυψεν”, cf. 20.417, 5.68. The idea is that of death darkening the eyes like a cloud (see 16.333).

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