[138] ἀσφαλέως…κορέσσαι another homely, if not comic, touch.
ἀσφαλέως A. Pal. v. 182 χοῦς γὰρ ἔνεισι δύο ἀσφαλέως, 'for certain.' κορέσσαι not ἐκόρεσσεν as the possibility is regarded as still present; Odyss. xiii. 86: “ ἡ δὲ μάλ᾽ ἀσφαλέως θέεν ἔμπεδον: οὐδέ κεν ἴρηξκίρκος ὁμαρτήσειεν, ἐλαφρότατος πετεηνῶν.
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