ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμφικείμενοι → locked in each other's arms, clinging to one another
branch: P. and V. πτόρθος, ὁ (Plato), κλών, ὁ (Plato); see branch.
plucking sprigs of tender myrtle for his head: V. δρέπων τερείνης μυρσίνης κάρᾳ πλόκους (Eur., Electra 778).