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[11] υι<*>ὸν . . . βασιλ́ηων: he appeared to be a prince from his beauty (cf. h. Dem. 215), and from his purple cloak, which was a mark of high rank. A purple “χλαῖνα” was worn by Telemachus, Od. 4.115, and Odysseus, Od. 19.225. In Nonnus the god wears jewellery as well as a cloak of Tyrian purple.


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