The Supernatural in the Tragedies of Euripides 85 



fr. 177: 



w TToi Aiuvrjs, cos ecpvs /xkyas ■d^eos, 

 Aiovvcre, ^vriTols r' ovSaficis viroaraTos. 



" O Dionysus, Dione's son, how great a God hast thou become, 

 in no wise inferior to mortals ! " 



fr. 705 contains an invocation addressed to Apollo: 



w $oZ;8' AiroWov Avkls, rl irore ji epyacxei', 



f r. 867 one addressed to Ahprodite : 



u> KiiTrpts, COS J7§ela Kal (xox^pos eZ. 



The following beautiful fragment contains a praise of the 

 world-pervading reason or intelligence : 



fr. 596: 



ere Tov avT0(f>V7J tov ev at??eptco 

 pvfx^cc Trdj'TCOi' (pvcTLV kfiTrXe^av^' , 

 bv Trept ixh> (pcios, irepl 8' optpvaLa 

 vv^ aioXoxp^s, aKpiTos t' acfTpwv 

 ox^os ev8e\ex(Ji>s aixcjaxopevei. 



" Thee, self-begotten, who, in ether rolled 



Ceaselessly round, by mystic links dost blend 

 The nature of all things, whom veils enfold 

 Of light, of dark night flecked with gleams of gold. 

 Of star-hosts dancing round thee without end." 



Cf . also fr. 935 : 



Seest thou the boundless ether there on high. 

 That folds the earth around with dewy arms? 

 This deem thou Zeus, this reckon one with God. 



and fr. 



dXX' ai^rjp rlKreL ere, Kopa, 

 Zeus OS av&puTTOLS ovoixa'^erai. 



" Maiden, 'twas Ether gave thee birth, 

 Who is named Zeus by sons of earth." 



(See also pages 80 ff. on Troad. 884-88.) 

 In another fragment we read : 



f r. 938 : 



Kal Vaia prJTep- Ecrrtaj' 5e cr ol ao(pol 

 ^poTcbp KoXoucTLP r]fj.evT]v ev aWepi.. 



