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Else must we think that Chance bears rule in heaven, 

 That lordship over Gods to her is given." 



The drunken Silenus pronounces curses on Odysseus and his 

 cojnrades : 



Cycl. 261 : 



KaKws yo-p k^oXoLo. 



"... devil take you ! " 

 Cycl.268-69 : 



77 KaKUS OVTOt, KaKol 



ol Traldes airoKoivTO. 



"... Else — may they go to hell 

 These bad boys ! " 



Silenus swears " by all the gods and little fishes " that he has not 

 sold the lambs of Cyclops : 



Cycl. 262 ff. : 



fxa Tov TLoaeibw rbv reKovTO. a', co Ku/cXaii/', 

 jud TOV fieyav Tpiruva Kal tov Nrjpea, 

 ixa TTjv KaXui/'a) rds re NTjpecos Kopas, 

 fxa ??' lepa Kvp-aT' ixd-vu>v re irav ykvos, 

 aTr6jfj.oa% k. t. X. 



" By the Sea-god your father, Sir, I vow, 

 By mighty Triton, Nereus, Lord of Waters, 

 Calypso, and all Nereus' pretty daughters, 

 By every holy wave that swings and swishes — 

 In short, by all the gods and little fishes 

 I swear — . . . etc." 



19. The Fragments 



In the Fragments of Euripides the following prayers and in- 

 vocations are contained : 



fr. 123: 



w t?60t, tLv' els yrjv ^ap^apcov a4>iyfMed^a k. t. X. 

 " O Gods, what barbarous land have we reached ! etc." 



Fr. 132: 



(71) d' d) TVpavve deihv re Kavi)^p6iiro:v Epcos, k.. t. X. 



" Eros, thou mistress of the Gods and men, etc." 

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