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I don’t understand how this line works grammatically — looks like three singular accusatives, one feminine, two neuter — maybe πλατᾶν is an accusative of respect — but I liked Lattimore’s translation: “the oar blade’s fading footprint.” Agamemnon 695: … κατ᾽ ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄφαντον.

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