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ἀνανεύω: to throw back the head in a sign of refusal. This is the word used to describe Athena’s refusal of The Trojans’ plea in the Iliad’s Book 6. Apparently ancient scholars believed the actual statue of Athena to whom the Trojans had been praying threw back it’s head, but that’s not explicit in, or even indicated by, the text.

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