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[404] πόδας αἰόλος, here only. “αἰόλος” is applied to worms, wasps, and the gadfly in H. The ideas of rapid movement and sparkling light pass easily into one another, and it is not always easy to see which the adj. implies. See Buttmann, Lexil. s.v. Here it is to be compared with “μαρμαρυγαὶ ποδῶνOd. 8.265. the sparkling, glancing, of feet in rapid movement. Cf. “κύνες ἀργοί1.50.

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