[276] Καμπούρογλου, Ἱστ. τῶν Ἀθην. I. p. 222. [277] Cf. ἦτον γραφτό μου, ‘It was my written lot,’ i.e. destiny, and other similar phrases cited by Schmidt, _das Volksleben_, p. 212, and Πολίτης, Μελέτη, pp. 218, 219. [278] _Choeph._ 464-5, which the Scholiast annotates thus, πέπηγε μὲν καὶ ὥρισται ὑπὸ Μοιρῶν τὸ τὴν Κλυταιμνήστραν ἀνδροκτονήσασαν ἀναιρεθῆναι κ.τ.λ. [279] I regret to say that I cannot trace the source of this story. I incline to think that I took it from some publication, but it is possible that it was narrated to me personally. [280] Except in Zacynthos, according to Schmidt (_Volksleben_, p. 211), where they number twelve. [281] Schmidt, _Volksleben_, p. 220. [282] _Chants populaires de la Grèce moderne, Discours préliminaire_, p. 83. [283] According to Bent (_Cyclades_, pp. 292 and 437), the name Erinyes is still applied by the people of Andros and of Kythnos to the evil spirits who cause consumption. [284] So Pouqueville, _Voyage de la Grèce_, VI. p. 160. [285] Καμπούρογλου, Ἱστ. τῶν Ἀθην., III. pp. 67, 68. [286] Cf. Πολίτης, Μελέτη κ.τ.λ. p. 218. [287] The visit of the Fate on the day of birth instead of the third day after is unusual. [288] From Καμπούρογλου, Ἱστ. τῶν Ἀθην. I. pp. 310, 311. [289] Schmidt, _das Volksleben_, p. 212. [290] Cf. μόρσιμος of the ‘destined’ bridegroom, in Hom. _Od._ XVI. 392. [291] Cf. Miss Harrison, _Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion_, pp. 286 ff. [292] Passow, no. 385. [293] Heuzey, _Le mont Olympe_, p. 139. I have introduced a few alterations of spelling, mostly suggested by Schmidt, _das Volksleben_, p. 229 (note), _e.g._ τοὐρανοῦ for τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, in order to restore the rather rough metre. [294] Πολίτης (Μελέτη κ.τ.λ. p. 228, note 1) gives the following references: Wordsworth, _Athens and Attica_, p. 228; Ἐφημ. Φιλομαθῶν, 1868, p. 1479; Passow, _Popul. Carm._ p. 431, besides those to which I have referred in other notes. [295] _Persae_, 659. [296] VII. 218. [297] Πιττάκης, who recorded this version in Ἐφημ. Ἀρχαιολογική, no. 30 (1852), p. 653, spelt the word erroneously κόροιβο; the sound of οι and υ being identical in modern Greek, I have substituted the latter. [298] _Theog._ 217 and 904. [299] _Theog._ 217. [300] _Prom. Vinct._ 516 ff.