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[30] “παρ᾽ Ἀριστοφάνει καί τισι τῶν πολιτικῶν “ἥ οἱ κεχαρισμένα δῶρ᾽ ὀνόμηνεν”,” Did. This looks like a conjecture to obviate the difficulty about “μαχλοσύνη”, but it leaves the other serious objections untouched (see An.on 23-30). μαχλο- σύνην itself is meaningless here; the use of the word is definite enough, as will be seen from the Lexica. “μάχλος Ἄρης” Aisch. Supp. 635 is the only passage which would form any support for such a translation as vouchsafed him wanton pride.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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