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and sleekness given by moisture; that 

 oily suppleness so different from any thing 

 crisp or rumpled ; asiy^ov txxiov expresses the 

 smooth, suppling, undrying quality of oil. 

 The learned Christianus Damm interprets 

 xi/w<r<rwv vygov mrov aiw^si, dormiens iucurvatum 

 (vel potius lave) tergum attollit ; and the 

 action is that of a gentle heaving from res- 

 piration, during a quiet repose. In another 

 place Damm interprets vygom, mollities; 

 all equally opposite to ruffled. Indeed we 

 might almost suppose that Pindar, having 

 intended to present an image both su- 

 blime and beautiful, had avoided every 

 thing that might disturb its still and so- 

 lemn grandeur; for he has thrown as it 

 were into shade, the most marked and 

 picturesque feature of that noble bird : 



HsXaivwTTiv £7ri oi vttpsXxv a.yxv\u> xpan, fiXifxpwv ac$u 



xXaio-Tjpov, xxTtx £VX $ > a feature which Homer, 

 in a simile full of action and picturesque 

 imagery, has placed in its fullest light : 



Having been bold enough to criticise 

 both the translation and imitation of Pin- 



