[661] δήνεσιν: 'love's devices.' "When fates relentless the dear youth remove; Untried the joys, the tender thefts of love" (Preston). There is no parallel to this use of δήνεσιν, which Herwerden regards as “'infelix veteris lacunae supplementum,'” some word like ἥβης or εὐνῆς (Od. 23. 346) having fallen out.
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Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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