[789] παστάδος: παστάς is here used in the sense of the Homeric πρόδομος, vestibulum. For its various meanings v. Jebb, Soph. Ant. 1207 Appendix. The ancients connected the word with πάσασθαι 'to eat' or πάσσειν = ποικίλλειν; it is probably a shortened form of παραστάς (pilaster, anta).
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Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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