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7 Ερκος οδοντων. Prior, alluding to this expression, ludicrously renders it—

“When words like these in vocal breath

Burst from his twofold hedge of teeth.”

8 It is said to have been customary in the days of Homer, when the Greeks retired from a banquet to their beds, to cut out the tongues of the victims, and offer them to the Gods in particular who presided over conversation.