[15] κοῖλα. Paley understands 'postes qui latebras serpentibus praebuerunt,' but the serpents in question are at least big pythons. It seems better to change the feeble οἴκου of l. 16 to εἶκεν (Stadtmüller), and explain κοῖλα as Soph. O. T. 1262 ἔκλινε κοῖλα κλῇθρα. Tr. 'where the posts gave way and bent inwards.' The huge snakes do not come through an open door--as in Pindar's narrative--but force their way in.
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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