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statue or symbol, like that of Artemis, was on the stage, and 

 utters the following prayer : 



Hipp. 114-20: 



17/ieIs 5e, Tovs vkovs yap ob iJLifxr]Teoi', 

 (jjpovovvTes ovTus cos irpkirei SovKols Xeyeiv, 

 irpoaev^biiead^a Tolcri aols aya\p,acn, 

 SeffTTOt-va Kvirpi. 

 K. T. X. 



" But we — who must not tread in steps of youth — 

 With whispered humbleness most meet for thralls 

 Make supplication to thine images, 

 Queen Cypris. It beseems thee to forgive, 

 If one that bears through youth a vehement heart 

 Speak folly. Be as though thou heardest not ; 

 For wiser Gods should be than mortal men." 



The same sentiment of piety and devotion as in the prayer of 

 Hippolytus in vv. 73-87 is expressed in the words in which he 

 addresses his favorite Goddess, when he knew that his fate was 

 sealed : 



Hipp. 1092-94: 



w (t>i\TaT7] fj,OL daLixovoov ArjTOVs Kopr] 

 (Tvvd^aKe crvyKvvaye, <j)ev^ovfi,ecri&a dfj ' 



Kheivas 'Kd^rivas. 



" Dearest of Gods to me, O Leto's Child, 

 Companion, fellow-huntress, I shall flee 

 Athens the glorious." 



The end soon comes, and the dying Hippolytus is brought 

 home. In lamentations loud and deep he calls on Death, the 

 healer : 



Hipp. 1373-76: 



/cat Atoi Qdvaros Ilaiav eXt?ot. 

 irpocraTroXkvTe p,' oWvTeTov bvcrbaipov • 



ap4>iT6pov XoYXttS epapai 

 diapoipaacLi. 



" Give ye sleep unto me. 

 Death-salve for my pain. 



The sleep of the sword for the wretched — I long, oh I long to 

 be slain." 



Then suddenly is he aware of the presence of Artemis. A mar- 



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