[341] Iliad. Ο. v. 282.
[342] Iliad. Η. v. 221. It occurs in other places:
Λευσσει, ὁπως οχ' αριστα μετ' αμφοτεροισι γενηται.
Iliad. Γ. v. 110.
Τις τ' αρ των οχ' αριστος εην. συ μοι εννεπε, Μουσα.
Iliad. Β. v. 76l.
Also Odyss. Θ. v.123. and Ω. v. 428.
[343] In the Hymn to Silenus, that God is called Σιληνων οχ' αριστε. And in the poem de Lapidibus, the Poet, speaking of heroic persons, mentions their reception in heaven:
Αμωμητοι Διος οικοι
Χαιροντας δεξαντο θεηγενεων οχ' αριστους.