[333] To this belief I attribute the origin of the phrase ὥρα τὸν ηὗρε, ‘an (evil) hour overtook him’ (Leo Allatius, _op. cit._ xix.), employed euphemistically in reference to ‘seizure’ by the Nereids, and of the kindred imprecation, κακὴ ὥρα νά σ’ εὕρῃ, ‘may an evil hour overtake you’ (Bern. Schmidt, _op. cit._ p. 97), which gains in force and elegance by its reversal of an ordinary phrase of leave-taking, ὥρα καλή. [334] See above, p. 79. [335] Leo Allatius, _op. cit._ xix. [336] From Epirus, Bern. Schmidt, _op. cit._ p. 120. See above, p. 142, note 2. [337] Cf. Bern. Schmidt, _op. cit._ p. 120. [338] I. p. 473 (Migne, _Patrolog. Graeco-Lat._ vol. XCIV. p. 1604). [339] See above, p. 13. [340] Cf. Hahn, _Griech. Märchen_, Vol. II. no. 80. [341] _The Cyclades_, p. 457. [342] Κωνστ. Κανελλάκης, Χιακὰ Ἀνάλεκτα, p. 369. [343] ἡ Λάμια τοῦ πελάγου. Cf. the periodical Παρνασσός IV. p. 773, and Wachsmuth, _Das alte Griechenland im Neuen_, p. 30. See also below, pp. 171 ff. [344] _Histoire de la Révolution grecque_, p. 228 note. [345] Hor. _Carm._ III. 28. 10. [346] Ἰ. Σαραντίδου Ἀρχελάου, Ἡ Σινασός, p. 90. [347] Εὐαγγελία Κ. Καπετανάκης, Λακωνικὰ Περίεργα, pp. 43 sqq. [348] Cf. Παρνασσός, IV. p. 669 (1880). [349] So according to Theodore Bent (_Cyclades_, p. 496) but perhaps inaccurately. [350] So Bern. Schmidt, _op. cit._ p. 101, following Βάλληνδας in Ἐφημερὶς τῶν Φιλομαθῶν, 1861, p. 1826; and Bent, _loc. cit._ [351] In this view Prof. Πολίτης of Athens University, whom I consulted, concurs with me. [352] Cf. Παρνασσός, IV. p. 669, Πολίτης, Μελέτη κ.τ.λ. p. 97. [353] Cf. Bern. Schmidt, _Das Volksleben_, etc. p. 101. [354] Καμπούρογλου, Ἱστ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων, I. p. 223. [355] Travels in Crete, II. pp. 232-4. [356] I cannot vouch for the accuracy of my translation of this word, which I have never seen or heard elsewhere. [357] Cf. Leo Allatius, _op. cit._ cap. xix. [358] Cf. Ἰον. Ἀνθολογία, III. p. 509. Hahn, _Griech. Märchen_, vol. II. no. 81. [359] _C.I.G._ no. 997 (from Bern. Schmidt, _op. cit._ p. 122 note). [360] Παρνασσός, IV. p. 765. The origin of the second part of the compound is unknown. [361] Ἀρχαιολογικὴ Ἐφημερίς, 1852, p. 647. [362] Cf. Καμπούρογλου, Ἱστορία τῶν Ἀθηναίων, III. p. 156. [363] Theotokis, _Détails sur Corfou_, p. 123. [364] Theocr. _Id._ v. 53-4 and 58-9. [365] Kindly communicated to me by Mr Abbott, author of _Macedonian Folklore_. [366] Hom. _Od._ XIII. 105-6. [367] See Miss Harrison, _Prolegomena to the study of Greek Religion_, p. 423. [368] Οἰκονόμος, Περὶ προφορᾶς, p. 768. [369] Ἀντ. Βάλληνδας, Κυθνιακά, p. 131 and Σκαρλάτος, Λεξικὸν τῆς καθ’ ἡμᾶς Ἑλληνικῆς γλῶσσης, s.v. δρίμαις. [370] Σκορδίλης, in Πάνδωρα, XI. p. 472; cf. Bern. Schmidt, _op. cit._ p. 130. [371] Cited by Bern. Schmidt, _ibid._ from Βρετός, Ἐθν. Ἡμερολ. 1863, p. 55. This reference I have been unable to verify. [372] In Macedonia. [373] Κωνστ. Κανελλάκης, Χιακὰ Ἀνάλεκτα, p. 359.