Christianity and Greek Philosophy / or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles

by B. F. Cocker

He watches over all things, and he rules.

Commit thy exceeding bitter griefs to him,

And be not angry against thine enemies,

Nor forget them." [¹⁷⁹]

[Footnote 176: ][ (return) ] "Iliad," bk. iii. 324.

[Footnote 177: ][ (return) ] Bk. xvi. 268.

[Footnote 178: ][ (return) ] Müller, p. 452.

[Footnote 179: ][ (return) ] Sophocles, "Electra," v. 188.

He was supplicated, as the God who reigns on high, in the prayer of the Athenian--

"Rain, rain, O dear Zeus, on the land of the Athenians and on their fields."