[131] προσήγετοThe constr. is προσήγετο ἡμᾶς, μεθέντας τὰ ἀφανῆ, σκοπεῖν τὸ πρὸς ποσί. προσήγετο, was drawing us )by her dread song(, said with a certain irony, since προσάγεσθαι with infin. usually implies a gentle constraint )though, as a milit. term, ἀνάγκῃ προσηγάγοντο, reduced by force, Hdt. 6.25(: cp. Eur. Ion 659 “χρόνῳ δὲ καιρὸν λαμβάνων προσάξομαι ι δάμαρτ᾽ ἐᾶν σε σκῆπτρα τἄμ᾽ ἔχειν χθονός.” τὸ πρὸς ποσὶ )cp. ἐμποδὼν 128(, the instant, pressing trouble, opp. to τὰ ἀφανῆ, obscure questions )as to the death of Laius( of no present or practical interest. Pind. I. 7.12 “δεῖμα μὲν παροιχόμενον ι καρτερὰν ἔπαυσε μέριμναν: τὸ δὲ πρὸς ποδὸς ἄρειον ἀεὶ σκοπεῖν ι χρῆμα πᾶν.” Soph. Ant. 1327 “τἂν ποσὶν κακά.”
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